Relativism

Each culture has its own unique traditions and when experiencing that culture it is key to keep and open mind and always be polite and respectful. In order to fully embrace the experience of being in a different country one must employ cultural relativism rather than ethnocentrism. Fortunately I have experience with other cultures and this will greatly benefit me while studying…

and the French Soudan in 1959” (SAHO 2000). Although, El Hadji was cursed, he still tried to prove his masculinity by showing that he was still capable of satisfying two wives sexually and economically. Obviously, this film incorporates cultural relativism and Sembène was born in Senegal, so he is portraying his culture through the lenses of the Senegalese people. According to Ruby, “ethnographic film, as well as all actuality film, is motivated by two fundamentally different conceptions of the…

Agnosticism remaining neutral, having no assumption like if god is real or not” (Denton). Social constructionism leads to these methods because it is said that people’s interpretation and institualization are influenced by different people. Relativism is being open minded and since it is one’s own interpretation, why should one get change their mind based off of another person when it is their own reality. Agnosticism, similarly when one’s own experience, how one perceive and institualize a…

It is generally easy to see what is right and wrong. An action that is good for people and is not harmful is always a moral action. But situations are not always completely black and white. At times there comes a situation where the thing that is most right cannot be accomplished without doing something wrong. The utilitarian belief is that in these situations, the ends justify the means. If one person has to die in order to save more lives, than the action is moral. Utilitarianism is doing the…

In class we learned about 5 other theories while some have affected my position on the Moral Point of View, others have not. Divine Command Theory is based on theism, and that humans need help from God to be good. A right action is one that God commands is right while a wrong action is one that God commands as wrong. This theory is impractical because it contradicts itself. God can command whatever, whenever he wants, which would mean that he is arbitrary. This theory does not affect my position…

Metro-North Duty to Protect its Employees The end of 1970 the identification of asbestos on a person’s health was confirmed by the OSH Act (Markowitz, & Rosner, 2016). Companies, as well as building owners, are required to understand any building structure erected before the 1980’s (Hetzner, Heid, & Gruber, 2015). The owner of a commercial building should notify any business renting their building that there is an asbestos risk or if the building tested positive for asbestos. On the…

Relativism is an individual 's own beliefs determined by background or culture, meaning a belief or right or wrong based on how they were raised in their family or culture. Emotivism is an individual 's perspective on right or wrong based on their response…

apply only to individuals and not companies or corporations. There are a lot of businesses that operate in more than one country making it hard to have ethics. There are no absolute moral standards in a business. I feel it is hard to heave moral relativism in a business because of all the ethnic groups playing a role within it. Deontology is the ethical theory that is concerged with duties and rights. In business, employees show deontological ethics by actions and behaviors within the company…

However, this means that the British Empire thinks it is ethical to shoot people in order to stop them from doing an unethical tradition. This brings up how diverse ethics is throughout the world as each culture has their own ethics. Therefore, moral relativism is the most reasonable way to look at ethics as ethics can widely differ within its unique context. In identifying the ways of knowing, we have clarified that people take different approaches toward various ethical issues under their own…

Due to his staunch opposition of slavery, he avoid the "Ethical Trap" of "Ethical Relativism" from the core lesson of "Ethical Leadership," since his views went against the moral norms of the time (BCCE, 2017, p.7). Abraham Lincoln read many books on his own during his youth. He also perceived the Declaration of Independence to be an…