How morality is culturally relativeAbstractIn the world we live in, there is a huge amount of people. Each of these people belongs to different cultures and societies. Every society has characteristics and customs that make it unique. These societies follow different moral codes. This means that they may have different answers to the moral questions posed by our own society. What I'm trying to say is that every society has a different way of analyzing and dealing with life events, due to their cultural beliefs. This statement is known as cultural relativism. Cultural relativism is the correct view of ethics.1. Different societies have different moral codes.2. There is no objective standard that can be used to judge one social code to be better than another.3. The moral code of our society has no special status; it is simply one among many.4. There is no "universal truth" in ethics, that is, there are no moral truths that apply to all people at all times. A society's moral code determines what is right within it; that is, if a society's moral code says that a certain action is right, then that action is right, at least within that society. Page 2How morality is culturally relative: how I did it. Above are six statements that help explain the notion of cultural relativism. The topics of these psychological experiments will help to illustrate them directly and indirectly. It will be clear that the real answer to the question of ethics is cultural relativism. The topic of murder is probably the most common issue deemed absolute moral. What I mean is that people think it's wrong to kill another human being. This is not always the case; murder has its place in many cultures. In Rachel's article, Eskimos practice infanticide and killing the elderly. The elders are too weak to contribute to the group but; they still consume precious food, which is in short supply. This practice is necessary for the survival of the group. Males of Eskimo tribes have a high…medium paper…values are if we endanger our lives and the lives of our families because of a superstitious belief. People in our Western society would not starve their families out of superstitious belief!, but people in this society described by Rachels would. This is definitely not the same value system. So these cultures have different ethical principles. What I've found is that morality plays a factor in cultural relativity, to tell you the truth, Mr. Murphy, all you can really rely on is that there's a set of rules that everyone sees, some say they're not fair, others they say they are. If you really want to know how morality is judged, look at the actions of someone from a certain culture, then find out if they follow their moral values, here is your answer. Page 6 Works: 1. Chanthomme, R. (1973). Morality2. Oxford Guide to Morality. (1999) copyright 1998. Simon and Shuster3. Our textbook
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