ANT100Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Moral Relativism, Noam Chomsky, Cultural Relativism
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Lecture 6: universal and particular structures in language and culture. Universal and particular structures in language and culture. Case study: mother love and infant death and alto do cruzeiro, brazil. Cultural relativism assumptions and behaviours mean different things in different cultures (different ethical meanings) Telling an unpleasant truth may be more acceptable in some cultures or social groups than others. Recognize that historical, social, and economic conditions strongly affect our behaviour, and may be the reason for different ethics in different cultures. Moral relativism there are no absolute values what is good or evil depends on the culture. Moral relativist it"s part of our culture. Believing that these exist is the opposite of moral relativism. In other words, having a definite opinion on something means you are not a moral relativist. However, it is not the opposite of cultural relativism. Cultural relativism allows for moral universals and moral particulars. Noam chomsky: there is an innate, universal language acquisition device .
