Cultural Relativism and Problems Associated with This Approach Cultural anthropology is the study of cultural variation among people. An essential concept that professional anthropologists apply in their fieldworks is - cultural relativism - an approach to study of the nature and role of values in a culture without judgment and comparison to their own. According to the Study Guide, Smillie and Kenny state that major contribution to the study of the concept of cultural relativism can be attributed
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Relativism and Physician Assisted Suicide (PAS) In 2014, Brittany Maynard a brain cancer patient moved from California to Oregon to legally end her life. As reported by The New York Times, the 29 year old schoolteacher, who had brain cancer, received international attention for her decision to move to Oregon, where terminally ill patients have been allowed to take drugs to die since 1997 (nytimes.com, “Who May Die? California Patients and Doctors Wrestle With Assisted Suicide”). The debate of whether
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that a private corporation has responsibilities to society that extend beyond making a profit. A. As shown in Figure 3-1, Archie Carroll proposes that the managers of business organizations have four responsibilities: economic, legal, ethical, and discretionary. 1. Economic responsibilities of a business organization’s management are to produce goods and services of value to society so that the firm may repay its creditors and shareholders. 2. Legal responsibilities
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the action itself, (they disregard the context of the act) actions are fundamentally right or wrong which means they are right or wrong in themselves. This approach to ethics is known as ‘deontological’. This has often been based on two different ethical theories Kantianism; the view that the only intrinsically good thing is a good will and utilitarianism; that the morally best action is the one that makes the most overall happiness. Religious views of ethics often come from an absolutist view.
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Ethical Relativism Richard Gomez Colorado University PHIL320-1303A-02 : Ethics: The Hallmark of Leaders at All Levels Phase 2 IP Professor Lawrence Tilman July 22, 2013 Ethical relativism points of view are equally valid and can be defined as the belief that nothing is impartially right or wrong as the meaning of right or wrong are contingent on the current views of an individual a culture, or even a historical time period. Meaning that certain characteristics
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such practice creates a situation where lives of people are put at risk. An eminent practice which is taken into attention is female genital mutilation. This writing shall discuss clashes between human rights and cultural relativism with my personal stance about these two ethical dilemmas. Female genital mutilation is considered as unlawful act by many people while in several cultures it is a common cultural practice. “Female circumcision is mainly carried out in western and southern Asia, the
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a branch of philosophy that examines the moral standards of an individual or society, and asking how these standards apply to our lives and whether these are reasonable or unreasonable. Business Ethics: The application of ordinary human moral and ethical considerations in a business setting. Due to the complication or complexities of handling with human nature, many will agree that it is hard for everyone to agree on one, when it comes to determining a set of rules, guidelines or principles to follow
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Creating ethical guidelines for the classroom can be very challenging, let alone getting everybody to follow them. Ethical behavior in the classroom should be that the current speaker have the respect they deserve while talking/teaching. If anybody would like to charm in on the conversation they shouldn’t just butt right in, they should wait until the speaker is finished talking or at least raise your hand and wait until called upon. When we are having an open discussion or going over our homework
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Kristen Terensky Case Study Sexual Morality The first case study I chose was on sexual morality, number two, defining marriage. The ethical issue going on in this specific case is in recent years several localities have been grappling with the issue of whether to broaden the definition of marriage as a union between a man and a woman. The issue is whether the state should recognize a commitment between members of the same sex. Those who argue for this broadening say that same sex couples can
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lines of the company and personal ethical values. Cultural relativism should not be used for ethical decision making. Cultural relativism is sometimes use by individuals in business who want to justify varying in moral judgment. (Fraedrich, Ferrell, & Ferrell, 2013) This type of behavior may cause legal and reputation issues for the individual and business, if actions committed are outside of ethical and legal scope of the business home country. Cultural relativism is a good thing when trying to
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