1. CULTURAL RELATIVISM a. Definition -The Cultural Relativism perspective of morality and ethics seeks to understand issues of right, wrong, justice, fairness, and related concepts from the standpoint of social customs, practices and norms. A more formal definition of the concept of “Cultural Relativism” is provided by the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. “Cultural relativism asserts that the beliefs and practices of human beings are best understood by grasping them in relation to the cultural
Athens, Greece during the Hellenistic period and becoming largely influential to Rome, the philosophy of Epicureanism by Epicurus and the philosophy of Stoicism by Zeno of Citium are two schools of philosophy that were brought forth to the average citizen to demonstrate how one should live their lives, the ultimate goal of life and what philosophy commonly attempts to answer. While these two schools of philosophy focused on teaching people their role in life and how to explain the nature of the experiences
STAND ON THE ABOVE STATEMENT. The statement above is basically talking about RELATIVISM (Moral Relativism). Many different ideas have been given the name ‘relativism’, and the term has been used to ridicule all sorts of views (sometimes for good reasons, sometimes for bad ones). It is mere posturing to say that you are for or against “relativism” unless you say what you mean by the term. Moral relativism is the view that moral judgments are true or false only relative to some particular standpoint (for
cultural relativism, a theory that implements the idea that there is no right or wrong. In this, various standards, morals and behaviours in societies should be taken into thought. This theory is built around concepts that other cultures may not define the right or wrong for every culture, however beliefs and behaviours must be appraised as right or wrong on every cultures degree, in other words what is considered immoral or moral is culture-specific. It is valid to say that as cultural relativism is observed
“Plato’s philosophy is an attempt to justify Socrates’ belief in the objectivity of moral virtues.” As one of Socrates’ most loyal disciples, Plato’s own philosophy was heavily influenced by Socrates’ own thoughts and teachings. Much of Plato’s philosophy is a direct extension of some of the questions Socrates posed, i.e., Socrates asked what justice is, and Plato explored this question in his own writings. It is Socrates’ code of ethics, however, that most closely corresponds with Plato’s ethics
The Strength and Vulnerability of Different Moral Views Over centuries of fervent discussion in the moral world, there is still nothing like a consensus on a set of moral views. This essay attempts to outline and critically evaluate two moral views, namely ethical objectivism and cultural relativism. It is crucial to understand that both moral theories cannot be true at the same time as it results in contradictions, contributing to false beliefs. Additionally, it is essential that we discuss these
Ethical philosophies and theories were always a heated debate topic. Even today it is still being discussed. People discuss it with great vigour and emotion. Why so? It’s because it is the defining stone of an individual in a society. See, for Americans there are two kind of people. Certainly it’s not a racial divergence we must say, but there are two: Democrats and Republicans .They literally would tear down each other at a debate. The idea of democracy; what is and what not, the policies of the
“Moral Philosophy is the rational study of the meaning and justification of moral claims. A ‘moral claim’ evaluates the rightness or wrongness of an action or a person’s character”. For example, “stealing is wrong” claims that the act of stealing is wrong, while “people should not be dishonest” claims a character trait (i.e. dishonesty) is wrong (Gert and Gert). “Descriptively, morality refers to certain codes of conduct put forward by a society or a group (such as a religion) or accepted by an individual
“Moral Philosophy is the rational study of the meaning and justification of moral claims. A ‘moral claim’ evaluates the rightness or wrongness of an action or a person’s character”, For example, “stealing is wrong” claims that the act of stealing is wrong, while “people should not be dishonest” claims a character trait (i.e. dishonesty) is wrong (Gert and Gert). “Descriptively, morality refers to certain codes of conduct put forward by a society or a group (such as a religion) or accepted by an individual
of his thoughts can be extended to our very age and to our personal experience, insofar as many of the issues he faced in his epoch are in sundry aspects similar to those we face today in modern life, as the problems associated with subjectivism, relativism and nihilism. The far-reaching implications of Kierkegaard 's opinions is proved by diverse philosophical schools of thought that supported or attacked his philosophical views. Kierkegaard 's ideas are not only valuable in academic field, but also