Why should the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few? What supreme debt does a given individual owe to the rest of humanity -- if any at all? As a species‚ humans have established a somewhat unusual innate sense of moral _________. Although said *beliefs* undergo mild fluctuations based on geographical location and political or religious upbringings‚ modern civilization appears to have developed a relatively unanimous _____ of ethical standards towards their race -- a set of moral obligations
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Ethnocentrism Ethnocentrism is the belief that one’s culture is the centre of the world thus considering all other cultures as being inferior. This natural circumstance can be expected to emerge where a unity is established between different ethnic‚ racial or linguistic groups. The ethnocentric individual will judge other groups relative to his or her own particularized ethnic group or culture especially with concern to language‚ behavior‚ customs‚ and religion. These ethnic divergence and developments
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Hi everyone‚ I’m supposed to write a motivation letter for a European university. I was born in the US but live in France and haven’t had to write in English for a while. I’ve never written a motivation letter and can’t really understand the difference between a motivation letter and a statement of purpose. Please look it over and let me know what really needs to be changed‚ and if you can help with my whole motivation letter/statement of purpose confusion I’d would be ever so grateful. I sat
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Discussion Questions 1. Complete the following statements by filling in the blanks with either “moral” or “nonmoral” (eg.‚ factual‚ scientific‚ legal): a. Whether or not dumping should be permitted is a moral question. b. “Are dangerous products of any use in the third world?” is a nonmoral (scientific) question. c. “Is it proper for the U.S. government to sponsor the export of products overseas?” is a moral question. d. Weather or not the notification system works as its supporters
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Moral judgements have historically been thought to occur outside of conscious control and be emotionally driven (Freud‚ 1976). Empirical data shows humans to make judgements in milliseconds‚ even before giving the decision conscious thought (Willis & Todorov‚ 2006). Furthermore‚ Hume (1777/1960) proposed that moral judgements are largely influenced by ‘gut feelings’ as research showed individuals to have an automatic feeling of approval or disapproval when making a moral judgement. Albeit only in
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Ethnocentrism: Ethnocentrism is judging another culture solely by the values of ones own culture .The ethnocentric individual will judge other groups related to his particular ethnic group or culture especially with concern to language‚ behavior‚ customs‚ and religion .Ethnocentric individuals believe that they are better than other individuals for reasons based solely on their heritage .Ethnocentrism can be defined as making false assumptions about others ways based
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Jimmy Garcia Ethnocentrism is basing other cultures according to a person’s own standards and their culture. This plays a huge role in American society only because it really is human nature to be ethnocentric. Males are always portrayed as the financial supporter of a home‚ one that holds their emotions in‚ independent‚ courageous and strong. But the question is why? A historical event that I believe that has lead up to this ethnocentrism in America is war. Dating back all the way to America’s
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“Ethnocentrism” talks about differentiating between one’s own culture and “others”. It is also one of the major reasons for separation between members of different races‚ and religious groups in society. We as individuals believe that our own culture is better than the other individuals that cause a lot of discrimination and misunderstanding between one another for reasons merely based on our custom. Throughout this essay we would be analyzing ethnocentrism and romanticism depicted in the movie Avatar
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To walk away or not to walk away‚ that is the question. Those who walk away from Omelas obviously 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
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Ethics Book Quiz 1. What are the two key criticisms of ethics discussed in this chapter? Not being moral‚ human behavior and consider right and wrong. Not being ethical‚ take responsibility‚ act in the best interest to others‚ be fair‚ also help others 2. What are the four possible sources of ethical beliefs? Authority -An action is right or wrong because “someone said so.” Culture-The idea that the morality of an action depends on the beliefs of one cultures or nation. Intuition – Is the
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