Infanticide

asked if they could practice what the other culture was doing. They deemed what the other culture was doing as unheard and said that they could not do it because it was not according to their customs. Another example are the Eskimos, who practice infanticide and also polygamy and wife sharing. When compared with the American culture, the Eskimos’ culture could be deemed as highly unacceptable by the Americans. The Americans could see the Eskimos culture as primitive and backward as compared to…

the way they differ. Female chimps are much more solitary than the females of bonobos and are often harassed by chimp males. For chimps, sex is strictly for producing offspring and to ensure ones genes are passed along. Chimps are also guilty of infanticide. This enables the infant-less mothers to become mate worthy much sooner. In contrast, the society of bonobos is strengthened by powerful bonds between the females and as I mentioned earlier, female bonobos control the group by using sex to…

Cultural Relativism is an essay written by Harry Gensler which main purpose is to provide a deeper understanding of such teaching as cultural relativism. In accordance with an essay social approval is the main criteria of morality. In this way, those acts that were approved by society can be considered as good. However, those that were not accepted in term of certain society can be considered as bad. Author of an essay argues that relativism is that deeply problematic. Gensler distinguishes…

and females. Infanticide is also common compared to other baboon species, as newly dominant males will often attempt to kill young baboons sired by the previously dominant male.[20] Baboon troops possess a complex group behavior and communicate by means of body attitudes, facial expressions, vocalizations and…

boys were the hunters and suffered high casuality rates. If the female babies weren’t killed, the female population would outnumber the male population. Therefore, while killing healthy babies would be condemned in our societies, among Eskimos infanticide was solely practiced to help the families’ survival. Consequently, the Eskimo’s values were not at all different from our own, it is just that life forced choices upon them that we don’t have to make. All in all, the apparent difference in…

to their daughter’s parents gave expensive moveable property like gold, diamond, jewellery, silver utensils, and other house hold articles, etc. In course of time dowry is demanded exorbitantly, and became a crude institution resulting in female infanticide, suicide, bride burning and other indignities and cruelties. The problem has become a serious…

Generally, human nature is the understanding of the basic motivations and development of people. In fiction writing versus in philosophical writing, human nature is shown through characters, which are fundamentally flawed which means that authors get to explore human nature through the guise of human already shaped by life. But, there are still discrepancies between what authors think they are portraying. In comparing Beloved by Toni Morrison and Songs of Innocence and Experience by William…

Church by suggesting that together they can cleanse the world of abortion, communism, and infanticide. As the President of the United States, he establishes trust between himself and the people of the convention by the use of quotations from credible forefathers and Biblical references. Reagan’s use of tone further develops his call…

Rapid population growth has been a major problem for China. To cope with this problem, China’s government started the “One-Child Policy” in 1979 with an aim to prevent an overpopulation disaster and to put an end to this problem. This policy is a part of the family planning program and is an extreme measure to stop its rapid expanding society. It mainly limits couples to have only one child each. According to the Chinese government, 400 millions births were prevented after implementing the…

An analysis over the morality of abortion and infanticide reveals the arguments to whether there are practical lines or supported research that give the fetus the same protection that we grant a living child. Throughout the paper, the arguments from the Conservative, Liberal, and Peter Singer’s ethical view will be present. To begin, a utilitarian is someone moralist, who believes that the value of a thing or subject depends on utility or usefulness to a higher pleasure. Singer’s view on…