disagree about it. Even if cultural differences argument is invalid‚ cultural relativism might still be true. If thought that we could no longer say that the customs of other societies are morally inferior to our own. We have to stop .condemning other societies merely because they are "different." However‚ we would also be stopped from criticizing other‚ less benign practices. The original impetus for cultural relativism comes from the observation that cultures differ dramatically in their views of
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Top of Form Question 1. Question : Which of the following is an example of an etic description of teen pregnancy in America? Student Answer: One of my friends in high school got pregnant in her sophomore year. She and the father decided to keep the baby‚ got married and just celebrated their 10th anniversary. They both finished college and have good jobs now. It just goes to show that people can overcome teen pregnancy and become successful parents. Although popular opinion sometimes
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is how our world operates on a daily basis. This thought is based off of what philosophers would call individual moral relativism. Morality is based off of many different choices and these choices vary depending on the individuals ethics. Introduction Today we will venture into other areas of relativism. We will look at individualism‚ culture and‚ Kohlberg’s ideas or relativism. The individualist enters into society to further their own interests they do not take into consideration the interest
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outside of the United States could potentially view America’s culture as strange with all of our rituals and self-obsession. “The Body Ritual” can provide examples of many topics presented in Sociology and people’s lives today such as culture‚ culture relativism‚ ethnocentrism‚ and qualitative research methodology. “The Body Ritual” was written in 1956‚ a time when people’s basic understanding of different culture was insufficient. (Hyung Kim‚ 2012) The article focuses on the Nacirema and the strange
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anything except what is in their own interest A person is always justified in doing whatever Rachels describes three consequences of cultural relativism (about morality) which he says provide strong reasons to reject the theory. Explain this argument of his. Do you think that the argument really does provide a good reason to reject cultural relativism? Why‚ or why not? Cultural relativists (what they think) Different cultures have different moral codes the idea of universal truth is a
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Everyone has morals. People in all different parts of the world believe in one thing or another. Ethics along with other sciences study these moralities. Ethical relativism and ethical absolutism are two views that many social scientists are studying. These scientists are especially fascinated by how different the moralities are in different societies. Here‚ it is important to understand how people behave or what people believe. The two views are very different from one another. The first view covered
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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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government they rebel. In 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
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#1 In a shocking opening scene‚ teen Danny Vinyard who is played by Edward Furlong‚ races to tell his older brother‚ neo-Nazi Derek‚ about the young blacks breaking into his car in front of the house‚ whereupon Derek gets his gun and with no forethought shoots the youths in their tracks and he forces the other man to put his mouth on the curb‚ then brutally kills him by stomping on the back of his head‚ crushing his mouth against the curb. Danny watches in horror as this unfolds. The police arrest
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sociological perspectives are Functionalism‚ Conflict and interactionism. Ethnocentrism is when a person has the mindset of finding their own culture or subculture superior to their own and take for granted the culture in which they were born. Culture relativism basically means that culture customs that are socially acceptable in one culture may not be socially acceptable to another culture. This paper will explain how all humans have some type of ethnocentrism
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