PPT-Cultural Relativism:

Ethics in a Global Context Ronald F White PhD Professor of Philosophy College of Mount St Joseph Descriptive and Prescriptive Realism Descriptive Realism Objectivism There are universal facts. Objects of cultural property include JJ J J eg rock art sacred objects J J J scienti57375c specimens QQJ J Z weapons machinery J QJJ Q interior decorations jewellery musical instruments Z J recordings maps JJ J QJJ Q Q JJ A small range of A for. cultural relativism. C. ultural relativism, long a key concept in anthropology, asserts that… each culture has its own values and practices.. -Carolyn . Fluehr-Lobban. . . Chronicle of Higher Education. AOK Crash Course. Ethics Defined. Ethics – plural . noun. . 1 . the moral principles governing or influencing conduct.. . 2 . the branch of knowledge concerned with moral principles.. . Both ‘ethics’ and ‘morality’ are derived from words that originally meant ‘custom’.. 2010-2013. http://. www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth3618/. Other . Important . Terms. Ancient Middle America. University of Minnesota Duluth. u. se . your up/down arrow keys and/or . your space bar to advance the slides. Timothy . G. . Roufs. , University of Minnesota Duluth. Use your up / down arrow keys and / or . your space bar to advance the slides. © 2010-2015 . Timothy . G. . Roufs. , University of Minnesota Duluth. for. cultural relativism. C. ultural relativism, long a key concept in anthropology, asserts that… each culture has its own values and . practices.. -Carolyn . Fluehr-Lobban. ,. . Chronicle of Higher Education. What is culture?. Culture. - all of the shared products of human groups - - . products people create. Material culture. – physical objects that people create (cars, clothes, books, buildings). Nonmaterial culture . Ethical Theory: Relativism. Relativism. : the general philosophical theory that states that there are no firm criteria for judging one individual. ’s or one . culture’s set of moral values, principles, and guidelines of ethical conduct as better than or more rational or superior to any other.. your up/down arrow keys and/or . your space bar to advance the slides. University of Minnesota Duluth. Tim Roufs © . 2010-2013. ". Selam. " . aka "Lucy's Baby”. Other. Important. Terms. Prehistoric Cultures. Ethical Relativism. M. oral truths are not absolutely true, but “true” relative to some particular standards. Ethical Relativism. M. oral truths are not absolutely true, but “true” relative to some particular standards. James Rachels. &. Stuart Rachels. Cultural Relativism. The idea of universal truth in ethics is a myth.. The customs of different societies are all that exist.. To say that a custom is ‘correct’ or ‘incorrect’ would imply that we can judge that custom by some independent standard of right and wrong, but no such standard exists.. What is culture? . How do cultural anthropologists study culture? . Tuesday February 26. th. , 2013 . We will understand what. culture . and . cultural anthropology . is . We will understand how . culture varies . Rachels. . ‘The Challenge of Cultural Relativism’. Okin. . ‘Is Multiculturalism Bad for Women?. Pollitt. ‘Whose Culture?’. ‘Cultural Relativism’ means different things . T . 1. People’. Lavenda. , Dods, and Mulholland. Chapter 1: The Anthropological Perspective. on the Human Condition. The Anthropological Perspective: The Cross-disciplinary Discipline. Anthropology and the Concept of Culture.