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الأخلاقيات والثقافة ووجهات النظر العالمية

الأخلاقيات والثقافة ووجهات النظر العالمية

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Culture and Rights

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Provides a comprehensive overview of the theory of cultural relativism, examining its strengths and weaknesses. Eriksen argues that cultural relativism valuable tool for understanding different cultures, but that it must be used with caution to avoid the risk of moral relativism.

Culture and Rights

Culture and Rights

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The Tasks of Philosophy

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Classic work of philosophy that examines the nature of relativism and its implications for ethics and politics. MacIntyre argues that relativism flawed theory that leads to moral skepticism.

The Tasks of Philosophy

The Tasks of Philosophy

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Engaging Cultural Differences

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Challenges the idea of cultural relativism, arguing that there are universal moral values that all cultures share. The authors present evidence from cross-cultural studies to support their claims.

Engaging Cultural Differences

Engaging Cultural Differences

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The Scandals of Translation

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Examines the relationship between cultural relativism and translation. Venuti argues that translation is always a process of cultural mediation, and that it is impossible to translate a text without taking into account the cultural context in which it was produced.

The Scandals of Translation

The Scandals of Translation

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Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice

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Explores the relationship between culture and morality. Donnelly argues that while there are some universal moral values, there are also significant cultural variations in moral beliefs and practices.

Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice

Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice

Approaches to Teaching

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Examines the implications of cultural relativism for philosophy of education. Fenstermacher argues that education should be culturally sensitive and that it should take into account the different ways of knowing and learning that exist in different cultures.

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Approaches To Teaching (Thinking About Education...

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Culture and Human Nature

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Examines the history and development of cultural relativism in anthropology. Spiro argues that cultural relativism valuable tool for understanding different cultures, but that it must be used with caution to avoid the risk of cultural determinism.

Culture and Human Nature

Culture and Human Nature

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Thinking Through Cultures

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Examines the implications of cultural relativism for psychology. Shweder argues that psychology must take into account the cultural context in which people's behavior occurs.

Thinking Through Cultures

Thinking Through Cultures

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The Sociology of Philosophies

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Examines the implications of cultural relativism for sociology. Collins argues that sociology must take into account the different ways that people in different cultures organize their social lives.

The Sociology of Philosophies

The Sociology of Philosophies

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A Genealogy of Literary Multiculturalism

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Examines the implications of cultural relativism for economics. North argues that economics must take into account the different ways that people in different cultures think about and do business.

A Genealogy of Literary Multiculturalism

A Genealogy of Literary Multiculturalism

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The Enchantment Of Reason

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Examines the implications of cultural relativism for law. Schlag argues that law must take into account the different ways that people in different cultures think about and understand the law.

The Enchantment Of Reason

The Enchantment Of Reason

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Varieties of Cultural History

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Examines the implications of cultural relativism for history. Burke argues that history must take into account the different ways that people in different cultures have thought about and understood the past.

Varieties of Cultural History

Varieties of Cultural History

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What Is Contemporary Art?

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Examines the implications of cultural relativism for art. Smith argues that art must take into account the different ways that people in different cultures think about and understand art.

What Is Contemporary Art?

What Is Contemporary Art?

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What Is World Literature?

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Examines the implications of cultural relativism for literature. Damrosch argues that literature must take into account the different ways that people in different cultures think about and understand literature.

What Is World Literature? (Translation/Transnation)

What Is World Literature? (Translation/Transnation)

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