Discussion: Cultural Relativism A. Discuss what you see as the strengths and weaknesses of each of these three kinds of relativism Moral Stance-The strengths is the moral distance created allows the anthropologists to have a clearer view of social behavior that might be unacceptable such as cannibalism. The weaknesses would be our own personal views. Methodological Strategy-The strengths is that an anthropologist studies a culture in its own terms. The weaknesses are cultural relativism results in
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convincing and reasonable, but from my perspective, Google is absolutely a utilitarian who only cares about their benefits more than cost. In addition, Google managers adopted the straw man approaches, including the Friedman doctrine, cultural relativism, naive immorality, and righteous moralist as well. As mentioned previously, Google’s objective is to allow people to access all of the information in the world. However, in order to enter China market, Google has to follow Chinese regulations, which
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Ethnocentrism It is always troublesome not to understand another culture, especially, in New York City where we live in a society that is rapidly changing. The City has increasingly brought people of various cultures, to interact closer with each other. This interaction can be either positive or negative depending on the level of sensitivity and respect people have for other culture groups. These two types of behaviors are related to two important concepts known as ethnocentrism and
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NO_Youth_are_here_partner form "NO , Youth are here." Isparta (Turkey) Youth exchanges 8 - 14 September, 2014 INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROJECT Project Type: Youth Exchange;activities focusing on the to restore Isparta carpet and youth unemployment problems. Theme: Forgetten culture Participants: 6 young persons Age: 18-24 Objectives: In our project which will be held for 7 days with 36 young people form different countries, religions, languages, races and cultures come together with
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language conditions thought and that language and thought is bound up with the individual culture of the given community would mean that translation is impossible. We cannot translate one's thought which is affected by and stated in language specific for a certain community to another different language because the system of thought in the two languages (cultures) must be different. Each language is unique. If it influences the thought and, therefore, the culture, it would mean that ultimate translation
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Ethnocentrism is bias attitude that someone believes that their own cultures is better than the others, and they do not accept in other cultures. People expect other persons to behave or act like they do while other also expect the same thing. So, it can lead to misunderstanding between people who have different cultures and backgrounds. People always think that their culture is the best in the world, hence this is why ethnocentrism happens in the society. It is very bad to judge other by first looking
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Wade Davis defines the ethnosphere as a cultural web of life which contains all thoughts, dreams, myths, ideas, and inspirations. Davis talks about the ethnosphere as something that is fueled by human imagination as well as humanity’s great legacy. The ethnosphere represents all that humanity is and all that humanity can be as a whole. Ethnocentrism is the idea that one’s own culture is the main standard by which other cultures may be measured. People make comparisons between cultures and judge other
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Case Assignments (1) Uganda on Page 79 1. Uganda has had negative experiences with powerful leaders starting with IA who committed mass murder. Also, there has been a recent influx of immigrants settling in Uganda after fleeing from bloodshed in Rwanda, Zaire, and the Sudan. The government supports nepotism and is concerned to be one of the most corrupt countries in the world. There are few government regulations on the conduct of business which creates a favorable climate for doing business
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Philosophy 484 Professor Neiman 3/22/12 “Selling Starbucks in the Forbidden City” Ever since the Starbucks retail outlet has opened in the “Forbidden City” of Beijing, China, there has been a huge controversy over whether this store deserves to be in this sacred area of China’s history. I believe that Starbucks has a moral obligation to operate a retail store in the “Forbidden City.” The first objection from some Chinese citizens is that Starbucks is highly considered an American brand
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“Is morality relative or are there objective moral truths?” Is Morality Subjective or Objective? Every day, we make decisions that affect our lives and others. Sometimes, those decisions are bigger than other times. Those decisions are sometimes made because the choice is to do something right or wrong. We say that a moral person will make the right decision and the immoral person will make the wrong decision. An example of this is that if I was raised in a culture that says killing is wrong
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