Relativism

adopts a similar conclusion to Regan, though she does so through the argument of individual morality. Rather than supporting this argument of necessary moral judgment through a standpoint of universal morality—like Regan—, she refutes moral cultural relativism through a criticism of the popular practice of non-judgment (which she believes to be a moral judgment itself) and an encouragement of cultural understanding and respect. In this paper I will argue that though the conclusions on moral…

theories are ordered in a moral ladder from most basic to most important. Egoism is the most basic, which addresses how the action relates to that person. The second theory is social group relativism, which asks the question, how does the action relate to a persons social group? The theory cultural relativism addresses how does action relate to the national culture while utilitarianism relates to everyone that is affected. The last theory, which is most important, is deontology focuses on a…

Appearances can mask reality and skew one’s perception of reality. A group of early Greek philosophers and teachers, known as the Sophists, proposed that reality did not exist, and if it did, it was beyond human comprehension. They believed in relativism and sought to solve practical issues advocating against the abstract question of reality. In contrast, the aim of modern science has been, by employing the scientific method, to establish reality beyond any doubt. As a result, the public…

“Cultural relativism is the belief that behaviors and customs of any culture must be viewed and analyzed by the culture’s own standards” (Kendall, 2016, p. 55). A living example of this would be a foreign exchange student. As a Rotary exchange student in the early…

influence in shaping what happened during my tenure at the seniormost levels of the CIA.” From a very broad understanding of ethics, this statement demonstrates ethical relativism by contributing to the theory that morality is relative to a particular culture or social group. The textbook, “Ethics in the Criminal Justice System” defines relativism as a way to study the reasons why different groups think the way that they do. To elaborate even further, this statement is a perfect example of what…

The readings brought up sociological subjects such as socialization, ethnocentrism, and cultural relativism. “The Promise” article was very enlightening (McIntyre 1-6). It’s pretty basic sociology but before this class I didn’t have hardly any knowledge of sociology. I like the fact that C Wright Mills uses the term “sociological imagination” (McIntyre…

Commentary on the Encyclical of His Holiness Saint John Paul II, Fides et Ratio One of men's abilities is to want to know more, to know where they come from. In this act we can see throughout history the different philosophical currents have been asking all over the world asking men's origin. Philosophy has been the science that comes close to finding where we come from and the meaning of our lives. Not only in today's world but over the time that the church has existed since Christ founded it,…

individuals involved, such as the situations involving euthanasia or stealing food for those in need. I believe that the situation has to be taken into account before an act can be judged as morally wrong, so overall, I think a mixture of absolutism and relativism is needed for a fair society as there are definite rules, such as ‘genocide is always wrong,’ but there are also situations where I believe there cannot be a definite rule applied, such as with abortion, as it depends on the situation…

Over the years, educational staff: Doctors, Professors, Teachers, have all argued what form of education should be implemented in our future generation’s education. The overarching question is, what is the purpose of our education system? Over the years we’ve been led to believe our level of education is correlated with how much profit we gain. Many believe, there are pushbacks and downfalls to this logic. Our generation’s education needs to focus on preparing our future generation for difficult…

Before delving into the positions, it is important to understand the red and green filters on the model. These filters represent the how the individual is relating to others in this proposed theory with the internal voice represented as green and external voice represented as red. These filters are based on Baxter-Magolda’s (1999) theory of Self-Authorship, which explain the concept of by listening to the external, such as family or teachers, and following formulas based on what these external…