Cultural relativism

Okonkwo’s resistance of cultural change comes from his fear of losing societal status. His self worth relies on the traditional standards on which the society judges him. The system of analyzing the self invigorate the outcasts of the clan to encompass christianity. The outcasts find a place of refuge in christianity from the Igbo cultural values that place them below everyone else. The converts enjoy a more upstanding status. The…

not wrong for a host not to offer a gift (beyond refreshments) to a visitor.” From an individual who has studied Harman’s belief in “moral judgement relativism,” and Ayer’s “expressivism,” it is important we understand why both philosophers’ views cannot make sense of this exchange. For context, Gilbert Harman’s belief in “moral judgement relativism,” explains that all moral judgements make implicit reference to the speaker, some other person, some other group, or another set of moral standards.…

two differents sects of the same culture, which in their own minds they are completely different people. this essay is going to compare and contrast the Hasidic practices with those of the Modern Orthodox Jew. Danny and Reuven came from different cultural backgrounds, but still become friends. Danny Saunders was raised following a Russian Hasidic sect of judaism. Dannys culture include very traditional practices. “They all wore the traditional undergarment beneath their shirts, and the tzitzit,…

Three prevalent perspectives are relativism, emotivism, and ethical egoism. According to Mosser (2013) Relativism is the idea that one's viewpoint and morals are understood in conditions of one's culturecivilization, or even one's individual morals. My culture thinks soccer is the mainly enter¬taining game to look at, and your society thinks basketball is the mainly entertaining game to look at. My analysis is true, relative to my society, and your analysis is true, relative to your society.…

Our cultural worldview influences and mends our perceptions of foreign cultures by often judging their culture relative to our own. Though many of us try to avoid it, we often subconsciously skew our perspective through our own lenses. This phenomenon is termed by sociologists as ethnocentrism, defined as “evaluating and judging another culture based on how it compares to one’s own cultural norms” (Griffiths et al., 2015, p. 54). For example, I have experienced ethnocentrism personally when I…

Looking around the world there are some things that are different and some things that are the same. In this world, it is not possible to find two people that look the exact same. The authors of the two texts uphold and express the common belief that people are more alike that we are different, we need to celebrate our differences, and no one looks the same. A common belief that the authors of the two texts uphold and express is that people are more alike than we are different. In Maya Angelou’s…

The authors of the article “Forsaking All Others: The Norm of Monogamy,” center their discussion around the norms of monogamous and non-monogamous relationships. In this case, these norms do not refer to socially recognized social norms, but rather enforced standards. Throughout the article, the authors provide evidence to support their main overarching belief that by accepting monogamy as a norm, disvalue can in turn be the result. To do this this, they begin by defining what monogamy is and…

“I worship individuals for their highest possibilities as individuals, and I loathe humanity, for its failure to live up to these possibilities.” This quote from Ayn Rand, the author of Anthem, displays her philosophy of Objectivism; one must live for their own benefit, their own happiness. Despite this philosophy, the main character in Anthem, Equality 7-2521, does not live for his own self-fulfilment. In his world, rules and controls disallow anyone to be alone with their own thoughts, or to…

daily life but try to judge too often on the practices of others. In this strange world, making cross-cultural judgments based on moral values doesn’t have importance. When we talk about cultural aspects, people need to relate themselves to their own culture based on the principles they follow on their own lives. However the truth remains whether it is realistic to make judgments based on cross cultural aspects of others. It is difficult to get a clear answer. The bible phrase often makes it…

1. Ethnocentrism is the presumption that an individual’s culture based on their customs and values is better than that of another. For this reason, it may have some negative effects on the speaker’s effectiveness. The audience, based on their cultural views may be offended if little value is placed on what they consider to be the norm or custom. Therefore, how they identify with the speaker’s message is paramount. For instance, some cultures may be open to inexactness whereas in other cultures…