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43 Cards in this Set
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an ethical relativism requires an understanding of ________ |
Cultural Relativism |
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depends on the knowledge of the fundamental meaning of culture. |
Cultural Relativism |
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is actually full of differing meanings with diverse context |
Culture |
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a welsh cultural theorist. |
Raymond Williams (1921-1988) |
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culture as "one of the two or three most complicated words in the english language" |
Raymond Williams (1921-1988) |
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an etymology of culture which came from the Latin infinitive which means "inhabit, cultivate, protect, honour with worship" |
Colere |
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it reveals complexity that spans its meaning. |
Culture |
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Raymond Williams' essay that summarizes the complexity of culture in three clustered definitions. |
The Analysis of Culture (1961) |
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definition "a state or process of human perfection, in terms of certain absolute and universal values." |
Ideal Definition of Culture |
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this definition, in adjecto, understands culture as a process of human beings perfecting their qualities that distinguishes them from animals. |
Ideal Definition of Culture |
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a Roman orator, statesman, and philosopher which takes the meaning of culture as the term "cultura animi." (from Ideal Definition of Culture) |
Cicero (106-43 BCE) |
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cultura animi |
The Cultivation of the Soul |
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definition "the body of intellectual and imaginative work, in which, in detailed way, human thought and experience are variously recorded." |
Documentary Definition of Culture |
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to speak of cultural artifacts, such as burial jars and renaissance paintings, is to consider culture in the context of documenting and showing defferent human experiences in different time and place. |
Documentary Definition of Culture |
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definition "a description of a particular way of life which expresses certain meanings and values not only in art and learning but also in institutions and ordinary bahavior." |
Social Definition of Culture |
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an expression of a people's way of life. (from Social Definition of Culture) |
Culture |
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defines culture as "the way of life, especially the general customs and beliefs, of a particular group of peope at a particular time. " |
The Cambridge English Dictionary |
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serves as the basis of the relation between culture and ethics. |
Social Definition of Culture |
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generally it concerns right and wrong actions. |
Ethics and Morality |
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keys of finding the relation between ethics and culture. |
Morality |
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connotes the meaning of "customs. " |
Ethics and Morality |
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a Greek term of Ethics |
Ethos |
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a Latin term of Morality |
Mores |
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refers to peoples's way of life as "Philippine culture and tradition" and "Philippines' customs and tradition" |
Custom |
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the concepts of ______ and ______ in ethics are values in society, which arise from "general customs and beliefs" and a "particular way of life." |
Right and Wrong |
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ethical values are then informed or determined by ______. |
Culture |
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whether good or bad, or right or wrong, the values are dependent on the culture in which they are conceived and employed. |
Ethical Relativism |
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a professor of philosophy at Brown University. |
John Ladd (1917-2011) |
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the doctrine that the moral rightness and wrongness of actions varies from the society to society and there are no absolute universal moral standards binding on all men at all times. |
Ethical Relativism of John Ladd |
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it holds that whether or not it is right for an individual to act in a certain way depends on or is relative to the society which he belongs. |
Ethical Relativism of John Ladd |
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people with different cultures have different values. |
Cultural Relativism |
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they are dependent on culture |
Values |
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he or she experiences a sudden change in a way of life. |
Culture Shock |
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the values of right/wrong and good/bad are _______ to one's culture. |
Relative |
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ethical relativism, therefore, implies ________. |
Cultural Relativisn |
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what is ______ in a culture can be ______ in another. |
Good; Bad |
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there is no ______ standard in determining ethical values. |
Singular |
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she theorize that ethical and moral values, which vary in defferent societies and cultures, are really just "convenient terms for socially approved habits. " |
Ruth Benedict |
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- she claimed that the organizing principle of ethical relativism is not a universal standard for what is good or bad, or right or wrong, but rather what socially acceptable. - she also claimd the normal-abmormal categories of society. |
Ruth Benedict |
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shows the social acceptability in relation to what is good or bad in given culture. |
Normal-Abnormal Categories |
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if a certain action is normal in a given society, then it is _______. |
Good or Moral |
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if a certain action is abnormal in a society, then it is _______. |
Bad or Immoral |
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based on the idea that values are relative to culture, which refers to the way of life in a society. |
Cultural Relativism |