The Socialist’s Journal: The Tyranny of Perspective

*The most central obstacle in international relations between any two countries is that of perspective. From their own point of view each country believes it is operating permissibly. Of course those not associated with the country may believe the exact opposite: that the country is exhibiting unnecessary animosity in diplomatic relations. The problem of self [...]


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Cultural Relativism

Cultural Relativism - Can the notions of ethics and morality be viewed through different lenses? Can everyone be right? Find out here.



Rundle: Libya … neocon era, Western supremacy done and dusted

Arabia must be either an enemy, a colony or a petrol station. There are no other choices. Read more on the blog...

Everyone who was present and took good notes got a real taste of what a college class looks like not too different from what we usually do I think and I want to thank Amy again for the
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Cultural relativism - Definition

Cultural relativism - Definition. Cultural relativism is the principle that an individual human's beliefs and activities make sense in terms of his or her own culture. ...



Guy Rundle on Libya, the West and ideology

Reproduced from today’s Crikey by kind permission; previous related discussion at LP can be found here and here. The 10th anniversary year of 9/11 is proving a signal one in many respects. The Arab uprising began against rulers whose tenure was simply a Cold War hangover — an uprising that the invasion of Iraq helped delay by [...]


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What is cultural relativism?

What is cultural relativism? Why is cultural relativism so dangerous, and why is it becoming so popular?



Edwin Vassallo conjures up the spectre of abortion in divorce debate

Nationalist MP Edwin Vassallo warned MPs not to open the doors to greater problems by introducing door.

succumb to a pitiful internal vision of self which allowed socialism to creep in like a virus since the end of WW2 infiltrating the severely weakened immune defenses of national pride Cultural relativism is an interesting highlight of Europe s neo leftist disposition It s generally touted as an umbrella to shield the mostly Muslim immigrants from cultural scrutiny but in
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Cultural Relativism

A true follower of cultural relativism could not say these are wrong since they are merely the product of cultural adaptation. ...



Berlusconi exposes need for moral compass

BEIJING - Now more than ever, troubled Italian politics are the subject of study and reflection by analysts in China and in general, by all those who carefully observe the Western world.

The indignity of this forced marriage by Anna Raccoon on June 16 2009 On Sunday whilst the world was consumed with the Moto GP duel Geert Wilders was giving a remarkable speech to the Danish Free Press Society concerning the battle between two ideologies It
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Cultural Relativism - Probe Ministries

Cultural relativism is the view that all ethical truth is relative to a specific culture. Probe's Kerby Anderson examines who are the major proponents ...



Madison Bishop Robert Morlino offers little clarity in a statement on Wisconsin's labor unrest

In a column called âClarifying the Fairness Issue,â Madison bishop Robert Morlino fails to offer clarity on the controversy surrounding Gov. Scott Walker's budget bill. Morlino's essay, published in the Diocese of Madison's Catholic Herald, lacks the directness of Milwaukee Archbishop Jerome E. Listecki's Feb. 16 statement addressed to the Wisconsin legislature's Joint Finance Committee.

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Cultural relativism

Cultural relativism is the principle that an individual human's beliefs and activities should be understood in terms of his or her own culture. ...



From the comments: Should Mona Shores eliminate homecoming kings and queens?

A story about Mona Shores officials' decision to eliminate high school homecoming and prom kings and queens in favor of gender-neutral courts of class representatives generated a lot of comments. The change at the school district is in response to...

Lest we think Aborigines communities are bastion of gender equality as opposed to evil Western societies BBC NEWS Asia Pacific Didgeridoo book upsets Aborigines via kwout
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Cultural Relativism

Cultural relativism is an anthropological approach which posit that all cultures are of equal value and need to be studied from a neutral point of view. ...



Gove defends faith schools

Education secretary praises Catholic schools and suggests they become academies Michael Gove has launched a passionate defence of faith schools, telling them they can avoid "unsympathetic meddling" from secularists by becoming academies. Writing in this week's Catholic Herald, the education secretary praised Catholic schools and attributed their strong academic performance to their religious ...

significant disagreement within cultures about ethical issues For example consider the range of disagreement in the abortion or gay marriage debates within Canadian or American society Jackson Pollock Convergence Moreover isn t there significant overlap amongst different cultures Again try to imagine a culture without a conception of honesty Can you
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.Rosado Consulting:Articles -- The Concept of Cultural Relativism.

(Or Teaching the Concept of Cultural Relativism to Ethnocentric Students) By Caleb Rosado ... "Cultural relativism is in essence an approach to the question of the nature and ...



Politicians tarnish a tradition of tolerance

Professor Duncan Ivison from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences writes that politicians are tarnishing the ideal of multiculturalism.

The emergence of dictatorships But if cultural relativism means that everyone who forms part of a culture should be free to accept or reject the standards of that culture independently of what members of any other culture
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Moral Relativism, Moral Equivalence, Ethical Relativism ...

There is extraordinary danger in treating terror and democracy equivalently. ... Another indication of a flawed religion no one questions in an era of cultural relativism. ...



Every day the chruch should give birth to the church

Theologian Richard Gaillardetz will be leaving the University of Toledo, Ohio, to take up the Joseph Chair of Catholic Systematic Theology at Boston College in the fall. On Jan. 27, he delivered his final Murray/Bacik lecture at the University of Toledo titled “The State of the Church, 2011.”


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