(A) This six minute and fifty-four-second video clips begins with a brief history of the Kurds. During WWI the Kurds were ruled over by the Ottoman Empire but after the Ottoman Empire was dissolved the Kurds pushed for their own sovereign nation. However, despite the Kurds plea for sovereignty a treaty was signed by the Allied powers and dispersed the Kurds into multiple countries. One country the Kurds were displaced in was Iraq. As a result of the treaty, the Kurds continued their push for autonomy and did not assimilate.
In 1963 a coup took place in Iraq overthrowing the current Iraqi government and leading to the Ba’ath Party taking control. The Ba’ath Party advocated for Pan-Arab nationalism and persecution of non-Arabs. This persecution brought on by the Ba’ath Party jump started violent rebellions by the Kurds living in Iraq. These rebellions caught the attention of the …show more content…
Along with demonstrating culture relativism is Saddam Hussein an example of ethical subjectivism? Why or why not?
2. If a cultural relativist lived in a culture that deemed ethnic cleansing and genocide morally unacceptable. For that cultural relativist would it be morally acceptable to intervene in a case where another culture was actively engaging in ethnic cleansing and genocide and use what your culture deemed immoral to stop such acts? Alternatively, would it be more morally acceptable not to intervene because each culture has its morals even though they go against yours? If they did intervene would they be oppressing the other culture because they are pushing their cultural morals on another culture?
3. When the Allied powers were drafting the treaty that dispersed the Kurds into different countries, do you think culture relativism played a part in the language of the treaty? Why or why not?
4. If Saddam Hussein was a culture relativist how would he respond to Adolf Hitler and the