Cultural Pluralism is a term used when smaller groups within a larger society maintain their unique cultural identities‚ and their values and practices are accepted by the wider culture provided they are consistent with the laws and values of the wider society. In my neighborhood‚ (Brooklyn‚ East Flatbush) there are many people from different races‚ culture and creed. I am surrounded by Indians‚ Asians‚ Latinos‚ Russians‚ African Americans‚ West Indians and Jews and we all co-exist with each other
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the article “Many North African Muslims believe that female circumcision is required by certain saying they attribute to Mohammad‚ the founder of Islam” So the people of Western North African uses a similar culture. Ethical Relativism is basically explained by whatever moral standards are widely accepted in a society. Relativists believe that what is ethical is relative to its place‚ time‚ culture etc. So a relativist would argue that female circumcision is perfectly ethical in the cultures that
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actions are intrinsically right or wrong‚ which means they are right or wrong in themselves. This is also known as deontological. The relativist theory is the theory that there are no universally valid moral principles. All principles and values are relative to a particular culture or age. Ethical relativism means that there is no such thing as good “in itself”‚ but if an action seems good to you and bad to me‚ that is it‚ and there is no objective basis for us to discover the truth. This theory is also
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that takes place some time around Feudal-era Japan‚ told through the perspectives of four different people‚ all witnesses to the incident. As such‚ it is a compelling story that bases itself upon the philosophies of Justice and the problem of Moral Relativism and how human experiences are often remembered and retold personal bias and absolute truths can be a difficult thing to reveal‚ if they exist at all. The film starts with the entry of three characters: A woodcutter‚ a commoner‚ and a monk. The
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impose on your choice of being immoral. Relativism says that all culture is good and all culture is bad; it’s the same thing as happiness‚ it can be good or bad but you can not judge a persons happiness whether it is good or bad. Overall‚ a relativist would never impose on someone’s lifestyle even if something totally different makes them happy‚ or even if what makes one happy is completely wrong and immoral. Aristotle’s beliefs are somewhat different than a moral relativists. Aristotle believed that
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A Relativistic View of The Ballad of Narayama (1) First Position Utilitarianism‚ a branch of moral realism‚ is a doctrine that attempts to explain the abstract idea of morality. Consequentialism‚ a broader basis of utilitarianism‚ defines an action as being right or wrong by saying that the right act in any moral dilemma is that which leads to the greatest good for the greatest number of people. It focuses in on the consequence of an action and declares that this result is the true basis for
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surprise party to honking at a car that cuts you off‚ virtually every one of our voluntary actions must first undergo some sort of moral processing that tells us whether it is okay or not to do. As expected‚ this moral processing varies from culture to culture and is the basis of many of the culturally specific traditions and laws that we see today. However‚ this moral disagreement across cultures is so distinct that many intellectuals‚ especially in this current generation‚ have elected to believe
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I? This is the question many students may ask themselves on a weekly basis when cheating can be so easy and advantageous. Especially sense‚ as according to the polls taken in Pojman’s philosophy classes‚ about two thirds of students affirmed moral relativism‚ meaning that if everyone in the school believed it was morally right to cheat - then it was right to cheat (Pojman‚ 242). Let’s assume a situation where your friend tells you she’s planning on cheating on her exam‚ and justifies her plan on
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like to believe that with certain morals and principles in life there is a universal agreement among all human beings‚ with the unjustness of slavery and genocide for instance. Yet African American slavery and the mass genocide of Jews in Germany were part of our world’s history. So then‚ are we incapable of formulating even such simple universal values? No‚ we’re not‚ because although we have different starting points in terms of our religious‚ philosophical and moral beliefs‚ we still end up agreeing
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disagree on moral values (on some level) with those who stay in Omelas. Those who walk away disagree with the price the town pays for happiness. They do not want to destroy the town’s utopia but at the same time they do not want to be a part of that system. Those who walk away from Omelas are not Ethical Relativists because they disagree with the town’s (that culture’s) moral philosophy. Ethical Relativists believe that each culture’s morality is moral within itself; each culture has its own moral codes
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