Cultural norms

Morality is defined as principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad behavior by the Oxford Dictionary. How do we decide if something is wrong or right? It is obvious morality differs from culture to culture, that being said which culture contains the right moral code? The death penalty is a topic that has debated over for decades, and currently legal in thirty-one out of fifty states in the United States. When the question of morality comes into play, the…

Every generation seems to clash with the other, since the beginning of time. Dr. Fareed Zakaria makes this clear in his article called “The Try-Hard Generation.” Zakaria examines the conflict between the Baby Boomer(1946-1964) generation and Millennials(1980-2000). The overarching argument that he makes, is defending Millennials--yet not fighting his audience(previous generations). The opposition to Millennials is that they are lazy, career-oriented, and are lacking intellectually. However,…

This means no tacos, no orange chicken from panda express, and oh yes the horror no pizza! In fact without globalization, and cultural diversity there wouldn’t even be a united states. Think about it. Columbus came to the Americas trying to get to India, to you guessed it, trade for gold. He wouldn’t have come if there were no need for trade. On the topic of cultural diversity however, without it the United States would not survive. The U.S. is entirely a big mix of a wide variety of cultures.…

1. Part One: Thesis Statement While With different cultures having their own practices that are separate from the rest of the world, one has no choice but to respect their beliefs and values same as the western part of the world would want. , No individual, no matter what culture or religion, should be permitted to take advantage or harm another human being. Relativism says that harming another human being is permissible if a certain culture says that it is correct to do so. In regards…

With today’s society become more and more opinionated on one’s own personal values and morals, it has now caused people to become very ethnocentric. Also, with many things persuading us to stand up and support our personal opinions, we as humans tend to become narrow minded and not welcome anyone else’s views without being judgemental right away. I think I can say that everyone has gone through this at least one time in their lifespan. Sometime in their life where they automatically closed off…

Morality is the distinction between what is right and wrong. Some people believe that morality can be enforced with stringent laws, while other people do not. There are different stories to both sides of this argument. Morality is different from person to person. Everyone has a different set of morals that are unique and different from others. Morality can’t be enforced by law. It should be up to the individual what is right and wrong. People will do what they want to do, no matter if their…

practices peace. Since people are not knowledgeable about different cultures it creates a world of hatred. Before all of the hatred started happening, you were supposed to express your culture and share the differences, now people get judged for having cultural differences making it hard to stick to your…

practices of a particular group. Puerto Rico is a beautiful country with rich cultural diversity. Although, Puerto Rico is the smallest of the Greater Antilles. Puerto Rico is made up of the Main Island surrounding smaller islands. Being a multicultural society, Puerto Rico’s main influences are from the Taino Indians, Spain and Africa. In this essay, I will discuss Puerto Rico’s characteristics that develop its own unique cultural identity. Firstly, there are many historical elements that make…

Kong is varies from time to time, there are many unclear lines have been drawn in defining the cultural change since there are different narratives told by different “Hong Kongers”. From defining the cultural change in Hong Kong, to taking for granted that a genuine Hong Kong culture does exist. Especially after the handover of Hong Kong in 1997, it has propelled the the analysis of social and cultural phenomena in Hong Kong (Cheung & Tam, 1999). So, the period from pre-handover to post-handover…

literature, music, art, and food. The role of cultural awareness is being aware of many cultural data which is devoted to one country. As we know, each country has its own culture, customs and traditions, stereotypes, gestures and like these. In some written papers, we can see the truth which the culture was waken up in the east and the western people learn the culture from the east, therefore we can believe that eastern countries are rich in great and ancient cultural history. All of us, as a…