conducting marriage according to their traditions and customs. Most cultures share common customs and practices, while some cultures have unique practices. Each practice has it's areas that need improvement or adjustments. Marriage is demanding; the importance of understanding that all the different types marriages come with their own benefits and challenges, it is difficult to determine one correct way to define the marriage. The United States and India are both two countries that utilize marriage in similar
‘expected’ dress code of women, as well as many pre-Islamic practices such as honor killing that have been abolished. It is not often understood that the exercise of these pre-Islamic actions that do in fact restrict the rights of women are the exception not the norm. But, looking at tradition can also lead to the understanding that women in fact are elevated in society due to Islam. The shared tradition in the western world and in Islam of marriage includes both men and women equally. Therefore it seems
To view one’s own culture as the universal by which all others are judged would be ultimately subjective, as our perceptions of cultural differences are shaped largely by our immersion in our own culture. An ethnocentric approach stems from judging an alternate culture in relation to one’s own pre-conceived cultural values, held to be superior; the parallax phenomenon, the inability to escape our own biases, prevents objective analysis of different cultures. A cultural relativist maintains the post-modernist
aftermath of the Second World War, the genocide of the Jewish had instigated a mass change in human rights. The Universal Declaration of Human rights was embraced by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948 (Un.org, 2014). It was created to ensure every human born is protected no matter the age, race, sex, nationality and any other physical or mental traits people possess. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is an international document that encourages states to promote social, economic and
INTRODUCTION Harmful cultural practices are practices that violate the right of humans and are defended under the rules of tradition, religion, and culture. Gender inequalities, superiority of men, “rigid gender roles and ascribing women lower status in society” are main factors of the causes of harmful cultural practices. SHORT SUMMARY AND CAUSES OF HARMFUL CULTURAL PRACTICES Harmful Cultural practices are social norms which have a desire
If homosexual behaviors were to be made a universal law, all the people should, therefore, engage in them, and if this happened, the human race would become extinct because there is no reproduction among homosexuals. The categorical imperative in this case, therefore, assumes that there is a commitment
fit for that time and place. In addition, we are also often taught to condemn ethnocentrism, thinking that one’s views, values, or standards are superior to others. Rather than being ethnocentric, we are taught to be open minded to the values and practices of cultures different from ours. We are not to judge by our morals or views because they vary from culture to culture. In other words, our values and sense of right and wrong are subjective. Relativism is just a matter of subjective opinion. It asserts
essay discusses the shift that kinship has undergone from being about determining/ reflecting social structure to shaping how people come to care for each other and consider themselves related in everyday practice. I will use the Malays in Palau Langkawi as an example of how kinship structures/practices has challenged Western assumption of how people are related. Also how we should understand kinship today. Carstens (1995) explains in her article: the substance of kinship and the heat of the hearth:
religious practices of various societies. For example, anciently, Jews, Muslims, Christians, and other religions have practiced polygamy. Today in America many people from many different cultures and spiritual backgrounds co-exist, including some who feel that God would have them marry more than one person at a time, all guaranteed, by the Constitution, the right to believe and worship as they see fit. Considering the diverse religious climate in America, polygamy, as a religious practice, must be
satisfaction within a traditional society. We are all searching for happiness, and in doing so making choices on the numerous crossroads in life. Throughout the history of human civilization great philosophers have been engaged in searching for a universal recipe and its ingredients which, combined in the right proportions, will lead to private happiness contributing to happiness and wellbeing for all. Besides purely economic determinants of well-being, such as personalhousehold income and employment