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Who is (not) afraid of (cultural) relativism?
Tracés, 2007 I examine the thesis of “cultural relativism” (in both its descriptive and normative version) in an effort to ascertain and impeach more perspicuously the reasons for the strong appeal it continues to exert today in a globalizing/glocalising world –and ...
Nader N. Chokr
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O relativismo cultural é válido nas ciências da saúde? Exame de suas bases filosóficas Is the cultural relativism valid in health science? Discussion of the validity of health sciences in cultural relativism [PDF]
Revista de Saúde Pública, 1971 Examina-se o conceito do relativismo cultural sob bases filosóficas e sua validade nas ciências da saúde. Analisam-se os têrmos absoluto, relativo e universal, chegando-se a um modêlo operacional do relativismo cultural nas ciências da saúde.The concept ...
Erna Bastian
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Pojem nesouměřitelnosti ve společenských vědách. Kulturní relativizmus a idea nesouměřitelnosti
Filosofie Dnes, 2011 Některé ze společenských věd spojuje myšlenka „tichého relativizmu“. Podíváme-li se totiž pozorně na práce kulturních antropologů a historiků, zjistíme, že ačkoli by váhali veřejně si to přiznat, prakticky sdílejí představu o odlišných, na sebe ...
Martin Paleček
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Al-Izzah, 2021 This study aims to investigate three things. First, how is the tendency of the perspective used in discussing the issue of female circumcision in society; second, what is the value base that distinguishes the practice of female circumcision in one ...
Nur Quma Laila, Hasse Jubba
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Assessing the Irrelevance of Relativism in African Philosophy in Contemporary Africa [PDF]
E-Journal of Religious and Theological StudiesThe paper focuses on current research that has suggested that Africa is experiencing a moral decline, which has been a fact for several years. The cultural sense of African societies has also been called into doubt in the twentieth century, with many ...
Phemelo Olifile Marumo
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Cultural studies in science education: A philosophical appraisal
Cultures of Science, 2023 The emergence of cultural studies as a scholarly programme and its adoption in science education are outlined; problems flowing from its commitment to Thomas Kuhn's epistemological relativism and ontological idealism are detailed; the gulf between the ...
Michael R Matthews
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Human Rights beyond Dichotomy between Cultural Universalism and Relativism
Age of Human Rights Journal, 2020 The consolidation of relations of global society requires the progressive establishment of a global legal system, consisting of a system of rules - precisely, human rights - as the source and evaluation criteria of positive national rights.
Edna Raquel Hogemann
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臺灣教育社會學研究, 2023 本文整理三位文化人類學家對教育的觀點。C. Geertz認為教育即文化限 縮，J. Henry認為教育即文化綑綁，G. D. Spindler則認為教育即文化干預、 文化壓縮，三者皆強調文化依賴教育擔負傳遞的功能，卻同時框限教育的內涵與運作。延伸討論的結果指出，教育的框限並非絕對的，教育不會被全然的文化所決定，在特定文化範圍內仍允許學校實施的彈性與個人抉擇的自由，也容許相對程度的創造；從文化相對論推論出教育的相對論，教育皆有其文化框限，各有其優缺點；每種教育模式都只是適應文化環境的文化選擇 ...
黃鴻文 Horng-Wen Huang +1 more
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Impact of Ethical Ideologies on Students’ Attitude toward Animals—A Pakistani Perspective
Animals, 2023 Idealism and relativism are components of ethical ideologies which have been explored in relation to animal welfare and attitudes, and potential cultural differences.
Asiya Khalid, Pim Martens, Aliya Khalid
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Respect for cultural diversity and the empirical turn in bioethics: a plea for caution [PDF]
Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine, 2012 In the last two decades, there have been numerous calls for a culturally sensitive bioethics. At the same time, bioethicists have become increasingly involved in empirical research, which is a sign of dissatisfaction with the analytic methods of ...
Karori Mbugua
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