Katie Ramkelawan Professor Feld Intro to Ethics 24 October 2014 Midterm Exam 2.On the issue regarding organ transplants that involves the allocation of scarce resources‚ and illegal organ trading‚ different ethical thinkers will have varying opinions based on the ethical theories they believe in. Utilitarians‚ for example‚ believe solely in the consequences of a matter‚ and believe that the end justifies the means of a cause. The idea of utilitarianism is to make as many people happy as possible
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the theory argues that certain things are always wrong or always right with no exceptions. The time‚ place or culture have no power as it does in relativism which is more subjective (Moore). And in comparison to utilitarianism‚ absolutism targets the act and not the outcome. Since absolutism theory believes and focuses on opposite principles than relativism and utilitarianism‚ it would be fair to say that absolutism would strongly disagree in allowing the act of torture of the man. The objectiveness
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I defend Norman Bowie’s arguments in “Relativism and the Moral Obligations of Multinational Corporations” that basic principles do not vary among cultures. Multinationals should therefore uphold universally or otherwise underlying ethical practices that uphold human rights. The basic underlying ethical principles do not vary among cultures and moral relativism is a phenomenon that should be disregarded since it is anchored in shallow soils. Moral relativism for one‚ avoids any objections directed
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References: About.com. (n.d.). Retrieved December 16‚ 2011‚ from http://classiclit.about.com/od/tokillamockingbird/a/aa_tokill.htm Benedict‚ R. (1934). The Challenge of Cultural Relativism. In Rachels‚ nny (pp. 45 - 63). McGraw - Hill Primis. gotquestions.org. (2002 - 2011). Retrieved December 16‚ 2011‚ from http://www.gotquestions.org/cultural-relativism.html Lee‚ H. (1988). To Kill a Mockingbird. New York: Grand Central Publishing
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Ethical Theory Philosophy 350 Sept. 23 2013 Cultural Relativism The world is home to many strange customs developed by many different societies. Countries like the United States have regions with in it that hold different values and morals‚ even speech. This is what describes cultural relativism. When ideals like human life being sacred‚ intelligence‚ cannibalism‚ parenticide‚ etc. are valued or unvalued according to the society/culture. In scrutinizing a culture or remarking upon their strange
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problem for moral relativism in this paper. I will begin by defining cultural universals (CU). Then‚ I will cite examples of such theory and continue by applying them to situations in which these similarities can be seen. Next‚ I will discuss how we can convince ourselves that a given standard of behavior is in fact a cultural universal. I will then define moral relativism as well as provide examples of cultural differences that are often cited in regards of moral relativism. Lastly‚ I will explain
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Research Topic Precursor & Personality & Culture Movement Is the theory of cultural relativism by Franz Boas still applicable today? Course: Intercultural Business Communications Submitted to: Mr. Jammal Submitted by: Meron Ghebremicael (185991) Submission date: XXXXXXXX Table of contents Table of contents 2 Acknowledgements 3 Introduction 4 The concept of culture 5 Well known personalities of this movement 6 Franz Boas as precursor of cultural anthropology 7 1.0 Life of Franz Boas
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answers to the moral questions asked by our own society. What I am trying to say is that every society has a different way of analyzing and dealing with life ’s events‚ because of their cultural beliefs. This is claim is known as Cultural Relativism. Cultural Relativism is the correct view of ethics.<br><br>1. Different societies have different moral codes.<br>2. There is no objective standard that can be used to judge one societal code better than another.<br>3. The moral code of our own society has
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Selected Answer: Cultural relativism Correct Answer: Cultural relativism Question 52 1 out of 1 points _____ are the standards by which members of a particular culture define what is good or bad‚ moral or immoral‚ desirable or undesirable. Selected Answer: Values Correct Answer: Values
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are Ruth Benedict and Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban. Benedict believes that morality differs in every society around the world. Benedict’s main view in the anthropology world is moral/ethical relativism. Benedict uses this to show how different cultures have different moral/ethical codes. Moral/ethical relativism is the ethical theory that denies the existence of universal moral truths and proposes that right and wrong must be defined variously‚ based on differences in cultural norms. What is morally
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