Relativism

situation where it becomes necessary such as to defend your own life. Although reason says it is not acceptable to kill, obectivism know that there are certain circumstances where one must kill for to protect themselves or for the greater-good. Cultural relativism, to me is a more passive point of view, where one understands that they cannot truly understand the beliefs of another culture thus it would be wrong to claim their actions are impermissible based on their own cultural views. Although,…

“Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism” “Niwas Katel” “03/02/2015” “Introduction to Sociology” “Professor Bob Young” Ethnocentrism stands in contrast to Cultural Relativism in a manner that in ethnocentrism, an individual finds his ethnicity at the center of comparison and views the world from the angle of his own culture and ethnicity. In Ethnocentrism, a person believes that his ethnic group, race or culture are the most important one and most or at least some of the aspects of his…

civilization, I believe that Cultural Relativism is the best approach to the issues surrounding violence and war, namely the lack of Cultural Relativism. Cultural Relativism is “the concept that the importance of a particular cultural idea varies from one society or societal subgroup to another, the view that ethical and moral standards are relative to what a particular society or culture believes to be good/bad, right/wrong” (Dictionary.com). In theory, Cultural Relativism is accepting the…

Ethnocentrism refers to judging other cultures based on our own cultural standards. The culture which a person belongs to is centered. Other cultures rotate towards it with a sense of inferiority.Xenocentrism and culture relativism both lay at the extremities of ethnocentrism. What could an excess of each cause? Are we limited to any international standard? Is any culture prone to extinction due to any of those concepts? Are we rendering our own cultures isolated and drifting towards belonging…

Moral Cultural Relativism is based on the belief that there is no universal morality, it is based entirely on the traditions of the culture one lives in. This is a subject that is up for debate amongst philosophers. While there can never be a definite conclusion either way, many people have strong opinions on what they feels is the right form of relativism. Ruth Benedict’s theory of moral relativism is based in the common practices and beliefs of cultures. She describes morality as something…

western culture of America to the Inuit culture of Siberia. Cultural Relativism argues that every culture, no matter how different, is entitled to their own beliefs and other cultures do not have the right to take offense to another culture’s beliefs. This means that morals that may seem correct in one culture may be considered morally wrong by another culture. An argument against cultural relativism would be that if Cultural Relativism were considered to be fact societies could not criticize…

saddening to see the common man accept such a dangerous perspective. The acceptance of moral relativism is essentially the acceptance of immoralism, due to the fact that with its acceptance there becomes no possible way to declare any action immoral. For philosophers, objective ethics are viewed positively, as most philosophers recognize the inherent contradictions and intellectual laziness in moral relativism. For objective ethics there are two major contemporary approaches. First, there is…

on Stace’s text I genuinely agree with the theory of ethical relativism and believe that ethical relativism does not lead to the conceptual collapse of morality within the society that’s making the decision for themselves. Generally speaking, as we know that universally every culture or religion is unique because they have their own moral standards respectively based on their tradition and religious belief. In this case, ethical relativism does respect other culture because the theory itself…

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 to a human life, every human being is of equal value and no one deserves more or less than the other. It is very cruel to…

1) Define a. Moral nihilism- choosing to believe there are no morally right or wrong viewpoints. b. Ethical relativism- choosing to believe that there is no universal moral truth. Whether an action is right or wrong depends on the moral norms of the society in which it is practiced. c. Hard universalism- the idea that there is one universal moral code, an ethical view something is either right or wrong. d. Moral subjectivism- moral views are merely inner states in a person and that they can’t be…