com/Article/Kant-s-Deontology-and-Categorical-Imperative/47642 Merriam-webster dictionary. Retrieved March 27‚ 2011‚ from http://www.aolsvc.merriam-webster.aol.com/dictionary/virtue The free dictionary. Retrieved March 27‚ 2011‚ from http://www.thefreedictionary.com/relativism
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understanding the entirety of their background. A helpful foundation when digging deeper into distinction between Descriptive and Normative statements is the subject of Moral and Cultural relativism. To start‚ we need to know what the common factor is in these two types’ theories‚ and that common factor is the word relativism. So what does
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that what is unethical to one person can be ethical in another person’s culture. With relativism‚ one cannot pass judgment on another person’s moral standards using their own standards; they can only accommodate the other person’s point of view as everything is right and ethical relative to a particular culture or even an individual (“Ethics and social responsibility”2010). Goodman (2010) argues that relativism cannot and should not be a standard for morality. Some things are simply wrong regardless
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the issue. We will look into the ethical issue that same sex marriage presents. We will look at how the classical theory of how deontology would resolve the issue of same sex marriage. Next‚ we will contrast deontology with the perspective of relativism. Finally‚ we will see which of these views on same sex marriage is closest to my own personal views. The ethical reason behind why people in society believe that same sex marriage is wrong is simply due to discrimination. Society does not have
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systems. One culture might believe an action is ethically right‚ while another believes it is wrong. This leads to the main question of this chapter: is Morality totally absolute or can it be relative? The first idea of morality is based off of relativism.
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trying to unify different views together. However‚ for cultural relativism‚ I feel like it understands everyone’s situation‚ and it does not try to give a universal law. It lets everyone decide and choose for him or herself‚ and this is what we are living in right now. Cultural relativism answers the question “What should we do?” with “do what you think is best” and I honestly think that is the best answer for that question. Cultural relativism does not ask you if what you’re doing will bring happiness
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In this project‚ I have assessed the differences in moral judgments between a police officer from the Bath police station and four young professionals working in the same city‚ with the objective to find the morality approach that most suits each. The hypothesis by which this project has been based by two premises. Firstly‚ the idea that the police officer would possess‚ due to his job and duties‚ a morality most related to moral rationalism. Secondly‚ the young professionals would have a tendency
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how easily women are undermined and dominated by the male gender. In many cases these actions were justified in their eyes using cultural relativism in their defense. Cultural relativism is the principle that an individual person’s beliefs and activities should be understood by others in terms of that individual’s own culture. I used to believe cultural relativism was a defensible theory‚ but after watching this film‚ my opinions have changed. In the beginning of the film‚ we are introduced with your
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lifestyle choices. The International Bill of rights therefore cannot be applied to all cultures due to its opposing ideologies‚ however the most basic level of human rights are found necessary in order to protect human life. Evidently‚ cultural relativism restricts judgement of alternative cultural practices. As a result‚ cultural differences must be tolerated and a universal body has no right to determine what is right and wrong in a society. Through specific cultures‚ cultural traditions are highlighted
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or sceptical of what is put in front us by praxis on the strengths or weakness of the event. Theoretical approaches are foundational in the sense that initial harmless perspectives can lead to reckless applications by a social scientist towards relativism in their search for the truth. “A social science perspective is a system of descriptive terms which highlights some features which are especially likely to be useful in accomplishing the purposes of the social sciences”(Blinov‚ 2010:29). It is this
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