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Cultural Relativism Moral Principles
1,550 wordsIn his article "Cultural relativism and cultural values", Melville Herskovits defines the principle of cultural relativism as "judgements are based on experience, and experience is interpreted by each individual in terms of his own enculturation" (26). This is the basic premise of cultural relativism, that beliefs, values, and morals are all based on one's culture. Therefore, since morality is based on society and different societies have different views of right and wrong, there can be no moral...
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The Value Of Multicultural Education In America
1,774 wordsMulticultural education emerged in the 1990 s to address the educational needs of our modern society, a society that is a blend of diverse cultures. Carrying the legacy of the 1960 s and 1970 s, a period of profound social change when the people of our nation reexamined their cultural heritage, multicultural education presents and examines the values and practices of other cultures objectively and critically. Although founded on Western culture, American culture has always been diverse, both rel...
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Cultural Differences One Culture
450 words[/b] Genetically speaking, there are no physical impediments to interracial marriage. Therefore factors that help or hinder the success of mixed marriages as compared to within-group-marriages are not genetic, but are taught and learned by individuals living in a community. Groups and individuals "speak" through implied and usually unwritten statements that become cultural pressures -- "should's" and "should nots" -- that can affect the potential partners' decisions before marriage and the quali...
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Angel Of Death Lack Of Intelligence
1,838 wordsApplied Intelligence and Knowledge Conquers All In his novel, Eaters of the Dead, author Michael Crichton shows how the Volga Northmen were able to defeat their foes, the window, by using their intellect instead of their weapons. This is seen in four aspects. The theme of the novel is that physical courage is not enough to preserve your culture and lifestyle: intelligence and superior knowledge are absolutely essential. Conflict between the window and the Northmen shows which group has the intel...
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Nurture Debate Cultural Relativism
2,131 words... may protect the participants from moral and physical abuse, especially when it concerns the political issues in non-democratic countries. Ethical issues may also evolve in the process of achievement of specific results of social research (for example, when the customer expects to achieve a specific predetermined outcome), some limitations in conducting social research (for example, by influencing the researcher (e. g. financing, etc) ), the issues of correlation between price and quality, to...
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Heart Of Darkness Lack Of Communication
1,109 wordsReplacement of a Culture In Heart of Darkness Kurtzs death is evident because of his lack of restraint and surrendered spirit of his extreme ways to accomplish good for his system. As does his culture, and when he faced with the adversity of the Congo, he died because he could control the evil within him. Joseph Conrad uses the theme of light and dark to contrast the civilized with the savage in Heart of Darkness. In Hear of Darkness, Kurtz comes to the Congo with noble intentions. He thought th...
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Moral Decisions Free Speech
431 wordsResolved-When they conflict, respect for cultural sensitivity ought to be valued above commercial use of free speech. Observation 1: The wording of the resolution implies a multi-cultural society. Observation 2: The resolution implies a capitalist society because there would be no use for commercial free speech otherwise. My first contention is that cultural sensitivity can be a means for one culture to imply there view of morality on another. This is not extreme for this resolution for this rea...
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Angel Of Death Lack Of Intelligence
1,798 wordsApplied Intelligence and Knowledge Conquers All In his novel, Eaters of the Dead, author Michael Crichton shows how the Volga Northmen were able to defeat their foes, the window, by using their intellect instead of their weapons. This is seen in four aspects. The theme of the novel is that physical courage is not enough to preserve your culture and lifestyle: intelligence and superior knowledge are absolutely essential. Conflict between the window and the Northmen shows which group has the intel...
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Cultural Diversity Verbal Communication
2,263 wordsYoung Arzu Alp, a ten-year-old typical and hypothetical military brat, is starting mid-semester at her third school in four years. Nervously standing before the American flag, she anticipates trouble understanding the teacher, hopes for just one new friend, and speaks English as a second language. Arzu need not fear. Her family has been stationed where the school she will attend (which is a real school and shall remain anonymous along with the names of the interview participants, again, real peo...
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