Cultural diversity

Three prevalent perspectives are relativism, emotivism, and ethical egoism. According to Mosser (2013) Relativism is the idea that one's viewpoint and morals are understood in conditions of one's culturecivilization, or even one's individual morals. My culture thinks soccer is the mainly enter¬taining game to look at, and your society thinks basketball is the mainly entertaining game to look at. My analysis is true, relative to my society, and your analysis is true, relative to your society.…

achieved by the collective efforts of the Chinese peasants, and Chairman Mao saw great potential in the masses. This however, had disastrous consequences and ultimately led to the Great Chinese Famine (1959-61) with over 15 million excess deaths. The Cultural Revolution (1966-76) was aimed at removing any 'anti-revolutionary' elements of Chinese society. The means used to achieve this end were indiscriminate violence and ill treatment meted out by a radical group called the Red Guards who…

Anth 101 September 14, 2016 The Nonverbal Communication System of the Japanese Culture in Comparison to Some Asian Cultures INTRODUCTION Understanding various cultures requires a huge appreciation of cultural diversities. It is very essential to have at least, a background of a certain cultural society to avoid misunderstandings which might occur between you and another person or a group which practices a different way of thinking and actuations than you do since each culture has a certain…

Ogbera, Gabriel ENG 103 First Draft Instructor Michael Dusek The Millennials: A Response Essay Much has been written about millennials in recent times by different people with different views. But of all the comments about the millennials, those of experts Joel Stein, Jean Twenge and Chelsea Clinton stand out. While Jean Twenge labeled millennials as lazy, selfish, self-absorbed, selfish, entitled, narcissistic, fame-obsessed, and…

later the Cultural Revolution, ‘attacks were launched against people in high positions who inflated their own image and demanded deferential behaviour from subordinates.’53 Mao did this in order to re-affirm his beliefs of supporting the lower class within the Chinese Communist Party. Though these ideological reforms were not at the forefront of the Great Leap Forward, they are still significant in the change that occurred during the period and these reforms also helped lead Mao to his Cultural…

The Millennial Generation is the largest generation in America’s history with the oldest members being around thirty-five years old and the youngest around fifteen years old. PewResearch Center conducted a study in which they asked Millennials to describe themselves. The members of this generation described their generation as narcissistic, self-absorbed, and wasteful. When those from previous generations study the Millennials though, they find them to be self-confident, relational, and…

Richard Rodriguez believes that the Americanization of a bilingual child will result in their public gain. “Aria” by Richard Rodriguez is a heart-wrenching piece of writing about the full Americanization of Rodriguez resulting in his native language of Spanish being forgotten and the full submersion into the English language. Many of the events Rodriguez faced in his life are present to many other bilingual students’ today. These events that bilingual students’ are facing will strongly influence…

The concept of generation has evolved throughout times, expanding globally and socially on a vast area of interest. The global generations have encountered major traumatic events which are now historical in the 20th century. In fact, the growth of global communication, broadcast, and technology has enhanced the way people communicate from national wide standpoint. As well as technology itself, varies of device such as television, radio, automobiles have been invented during those times to make…

To this day, Mao Zedong remains the most potent figure in the public imagination of the People’s Republic of China. Mao was a founding member of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the ideological progenitor of Chinese socialism, a commander in the war of resistance against Japan, the revolutionary leader of the People’s Republic of China, and its longest serving leader. Even in the years after his death, from 1976 to 1991, Mao was used to frame the ensuing power struggle for leadership of China…

products of the society’s upbringing and that there is no moral code that is superior to another moral code because of the drastically different cultures each society possesses. Therefore, relativists believe it is intolerant of us to judge other cultural practices as immoral, unethical, or wrong. Opponents of relativism argue that if relativism were to be adopted, we would not be able to say the actions of another society is bad . Furthermore, if relativism were to be adopted, our belief of…