Cultural Relativism Vs Female Circumcision

World Without Genocide states, “Over 480,000 people have been killed, and over 2.8 million people are displaced.” Using cultural relativism in the Darfur genocide, we can improve or stop the situation. Cultural relativism is understanding other cultures on their own terms, in their own context. A World Without Genocide says, the Darfur genocide started in 2003 and is being carried out by Arab militias called the Janjaweed.

Cultural relativism is the understanding of other cultures in their own terms. To achieve the understanding of the rituals used in the cultures of another, one must be able to look at them from an emic (insider) perspective. One must also be able to look at his own culture from an etic (outsider) perspective. The ability to look at one’s culture from the etic point of view will make it easier to explain the rituals to someone from a different culture, for example, rites of passage. Rites of passage are used to mark a life stage and are celebrated by tradition or religion, meant to separate a specific group.

In this prompt the argument that Morality exists is irrelevant, contrary to our thoughts and beliefs. Everyone follows a set of moral rules. Ethical relativists disagree with this belief because, they believe that morals are distinctive from each individual culture. These relativists as described are mixing up moral and cultural distinctions, or are simply not willing to completely understanding the cultures they are standing up for. There are two different types of relativism Ethical, and Cultural, that rely upon the argument of cultural differences, which have flaws that make the argument unsound.

The ethics of cultural relativism are different than traditional ethical theories mainly because cultural relativism dismisses morality. Cultural relativism is named so because the ethics of different cultures

In the beginning of Wards ethnographic research, she stated that she "understood cultural relativism from an intellectual perspective, but the gut reality turns out to be something else" (Ward, 8). What I took from that statement is that yes, we understand that we should not judge other societies and cultures. However, I was also able to determine that when you are there and surrounded by those unfamiliar societies and cultures, judgement between that culture and your own seems like just a natural reaction. Ward shows cultural relativism by accepting and understanding the choice of Sohn Alpet to not take the modern medication. Alpet instead decided to continue taking the traditional ancient recipes that his family provided for him.

This is because of moral relativism’s take on ethical dilemmas, and the view that there are a number of disagreements among people as to the nature of morality. An act can

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Based off of this reading piece “Trying Out One's New Sword by Mary Midgley” there was many possible arguments. The argument I picked was outsiders can judge. Midgley argues that not only is moral isolationism but that outsiders can judge foreign cultures, if on a provisional basis. Midgley argues that moral isolationism leads to a general ban on moral reasoning a disagreeable conclusion.

It is an over-optimistic argument as cultural relativism has a more logical way of reasoning, for at least two reasons. First, it reminds us that objective truth does not have a plausible standard in every culture that is peculiar to the society. Furthermore, it shows that every value must be less universal as every society has its own moral code. For example, eating the flesh of our parents is dreadful to a normal person. However, for the Callatian (Blanco, 2013), it is a sign of respect as the person’s spirit will dwell within them.

If one of the cultures do not believe that sacrificing innocent individuals lives for the greater good shows that they believe the exchange can be incorrect if one was to exchange a person for a cure or money. If another culture believes that it is an accurate moral to exchange human beings for a cure that cures all diseases than they believe it is most accurate since a relativist believes that no one should intervene with a culture that they are not contribute to they will have to focus on their own and believe their own thoughts. In this context, it does seem like a relativist would evaluate this exchange on whether the belief of the culture is primary insight of what their rules are. The moral evaluation does not change whether it is an act or rule utilitarianism, because it does create a consequence that affects the society. If the rule utilitarianism was being applied, it would have a made a difference because it affects the morals in our society especially when it comes to “possibly” lethal experiments on human beings it causes a greater effect on the

In my opinion, coloniality of gender and intersectionality are two approaches that complement each other quite well. While the intersectionality approach is useful in bringing to light power dynamics, the decolonial approach truly deconstructs Western concepts and structures that have been normalized. That is why in this chapter I will deepen on the concept of coloniality of gender. The Coloniality of Power is a concept within the postcolonial studies that interrelates the practices and legacies of European colonialism in social orders and forms of knowledge.

In other words, “right” or “wrong” are culture specific, what is considered moral in one society may be considered immoral in another, and, since no universal standard of morality that exist, no one has the right to judge another societies custom (Ess, 2009). Cultural Relativism is closely related to ethical relativism, which views truth as variable and not absolute. What makes up right and wrong is determined solely by individual or the society (Ess, 2009). Since the truth is not object, there can be no standards which applies to all cultures.

(Luco, Week 3 Notes, p.9) Cultural Relativism is simply a combination of the following three theses: 1. The only criterion of moral truth or falsehood is the moral code of a cultural group. 2. A moral claim is true, relative to a culture’s moral code, if and only if the claim is generally accepted within that cultural

Masculinity versus femininity This dimension doesn’t correlate directly with gender roles or behaviours. Instead this is more orientated towards specific traits that Hofstede has defined as masculine and low masculine (femininity). A high masculine culture is characterized by focusing on money, possessions, and traditional family values. Feminine cultures are said to be relationship oriented, focused on quality of life, and failing is generally more accepted. This is best describe by the commonly used phrase “Americans live to work, while Europeans work to live.

While the cultural relativism, claimed and assumed that International human rights must be accompanied by cultural; adapted to the ideology, tradition or belief in that area, which are the dominant people or religion. Therefore the Cultural Relativist sees the International Human Rights as the modern form of imperialism from