Blog Assignment #6

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PART ONE
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QUESTION #1: If an action that is praised in one culture may be condemned in another, would it be correct to say that all moral values are relative to the culture they are found in?

Answer 1A: People gather and collect their morals and values all throughout their life and their experiences. Along with those they learn them from how they were brought up and the environment they live in. There are many cultures that agree on morals and values whether or not it's religion, manners, beliefs or common activities. Some cultures may have similiar values even if they are exactly the same but if they are close enough to one another they aren't going to be condemned. Many different share the same religion whether they live in Europe or in America, they may share the same just as they share different values. Your culture alone doesn't mean that's where all your values and morals come from.

Answer 1B:

P: People of different cultures can have the same moral values as people in other cultures.

P: A culture alone doesn't make up all of an individual's moral values.

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C: Therefore, it is NOT correct to say that all morals are relative to the culture they are found in.


QUESTION #2: Isn’t it a mark of ignorance to pass judgments on other cultures or to claim that one culture is better than another?

Answer 2A: Yes, I completely agree that it's a mark of ignorance. Who gives someone the right to judge another individual or culture when it's known that everyone is different. Every individual and every culture has their own values and traditions. All cultures live by what it is they believe in and trust and whos position is it to disagree or look down upon them for it. If we were all the same there would be more conflicts then there already are and there would be no diversity in the world. By passing judgement on someone or some culture it says a lot about that person. First off and mainly it shows their ignorance but along with that it shows that they are close minded and and they need to open their mind to the diverse world we live in. As long as another culture isn't causing harm on you or your culture then I see no need for anyone to pass judgement on them.

Answer 2B:

P: All cultures are made up of their own unique morals, values and traditions.

P: All cultures are entitled to act freely for what it is they believe in.

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C: Therefore, it is a mark of ignorance to pass judgement on other cultures.


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PART TWO
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See page 63 in our text. Choose one inquiry, from inquiries 3 – 11. Briefly describe the inquiry as the first part of your answer, so your readers know which one you chose. Discuss whether or not the action / decision in each case is ethical. And then, put your argument in equation form. Try to include an ethical principle as one of your premises, as modeled below...

I chose inquiry #6 the one where a woman spent millions of dollars on antiques such as shoes, gowns and other unnecessary items in one day, using her wealthy husbands fourtune while the rest of her country lived in poverty. Not thinking of others and their time of dispair, she's only focused on herself and her selfish ways. This is not an ethical decision of the woman. When others are suffering and your not, especially when you are able to help you should be helping for the nature of mankind and that it's the right thing to do.

Argument #1

Arguable Issue: Whether or not the morality of her actions is proper for us to judge.

P: She's a wealthy woman who's being selfish and only thinking of herself while others are suffering in her country.

P: If more people acted as she did, the world would come to an end as a result of poverty.

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C: Therefore, it is proper for us to judge the morality of her actions.