standards of rationality and intelligibility are apparently quite at odds with our own. ’ (Winch‚ 1964: 94) The essay contains assertions and arguments of three different kinds: philosophical‚ where Winch states his views concerning rationality‚ relativism‚ and the like‚ in opposition to those then held by Alasdair MacIntyre (see 1 MacIntyre‚ 1962 and 1964); interpretative‚ where he takes issue with Evans-Pritchard ’s account of Zande witchcraft; and methodological‚ where he offers both negative
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File: ch11.rtf‚ Chapter 11‚ Managing for Ethics and Social Responsibility in a Global Environment True/False 1. Spouses of high level expatriate managers generally serve in a corporate “ambassador” role. Ans: True Response: See page 400. Difficulty: Easy 2. Fluency in a foreign language assists with verbal communication‚ but helps little in understanding the culture. Ans: False Response: See page 401. Difficulty: Easy 3. Visitors to another culture will notice
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Absolutism is the belief that there is one and only one truth. Those who espouse absolutism usually also believe that they know what this absolute truth is. Ethical norms or precepts exist independent of human experience are objective and universally applicable. In religious absolutism‚ most world religions accept that God created the universe. Most Christians also believe that Bible is the inspired of God‚ which is absolutely right. They have to follow the rules and the beliefs according to the
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but yet she still needs her needs met. She is influenced by ethical relativism. Ethical relativism assumes that diverse values are basic to human existence. The ethical relativist believes that there is no objective way of justifying one set of moral values over another. In this view‚ the essence of human morality is to derive one’s own principles and apply them according to one’s own conscience. Opponents of ethical relativism argue that allowing people free rein to determine what is right or
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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: Cultural Clash This book focuses on the “clash” of cultures that occurs between the Lee family‚ immigrants to the US from Laos‚ and the doctors that treat their daughter‚ Lia‚ who has been diagnosed with epilepsy. Lia’s parents‚ Foua and Nao Kao believe that Lia has fallen ill because she has “lost her soul”. This clash of ideas highlights one of the problems that the Lee’s faced when dealing with the medical community in the US – the Lee’s believed
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To what extent is truth different in mathematics‚ the arts and ethics? We have always had problems with clearly defining what truth is. It resulted into relativism‚ which says that there is no absolute truth. However‚ it can be easily shown that this theory is wrong‚ because in contradicts itself. Does it mean that absolute truth must exist? From my point of view‚ this is satisfactory proof to believe so. Where should we search for absolute truth? The first area of knowledge that seem to provide
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"Rashomon‚" features a once-proud imperial gate‚ now in ruins‚ full of dead bodies and a shriveled old woman desecrating the dead in order to survive by selling wigs. The unnamed servant protagonist uses the old woman’s moral relativism against her‚ robbing her of perhaps her only possession‚ her robe‚ as he bounds into the night into a life of crime. Setting has a profound relationship to character and plot here. A meditation on good and evil‚ on desperation and hypocrisy -- tells of a servant
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During my initial subjective assessment the patient was positioned in a high sitting position. During the subjective assessment the patient mentioned that she frequently felt dizzy when rotating her cervical spine suddenly. This finding alerted me to the fact that she may have vertebrobasilar insufficiency. I later made the decision to position the patient in side lying to enable me to auscultate her basal lobes and assess her basal expansion. I was concentrating very hard on listening to her air
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“Approaching the Problem of Religious Truth in a Pluralistic World: A Pentecostal-Charismatic Contribution‚” Journal of Ecumenical Studies 43‚ No. 3 (Summer 2008): 351-369. Chan‚ Mark L. Y. “Following Jesus as the Truth: Postmodernity and Challenges of Relativism‚” Evangelical Review of Theology 31‚ No. 4 (Oct 2007): 306-319. Nixon‚ Mark G. “Proclaiming and Performing the Gospel: Language‚ Truth and Action in Postmodern Christian Faith‚” Heythrop Journal 50‚ No. 3 (May 2009): 380-391 Elwell‚ Walter Erickson
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Body Rituals Among the Nacirema Assignment “Body Rituals Among the Nacirema”‚ by Horace Miner‚ is an essay written about the American people‚ from an outsider’s perspective‚ which he calls Nacirema‚ American spelled backwards. He disguises what he’s talking about by spelling many nouns backwards and giving things different names. Miner writes about American rituals in a foreign way that comes off as barbaric and heinous. He starts off talking about George Washington and how he founded America and
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