Ethnocentrism is the way an individual look at the world from his/her own beliefs in their culture. They feel that their culture, race, or ethnic group is more significant and that their culture is more superior than any other culture of other groups. In feeling this way the individuals will judge other groups, such as their behavior, the language in which they use, religion. How it could be detrimental to society is that it could lead to false speculation about the differences in cultures. It leads to society making premature judgments about other cultures, not knowing all the facts about another culture.
Some of these relate to our individual differences whilst others relate to the situational factors we encounter. Individual differences are important personal factors such as gender, personality or culture that differentiate people. Individual differences between people may affect how they respond to situations where social influence is applied. Dispositional factors are individual differences including gender, age, ethnicity, self-esteem, personality, confidence and Locus of Control. The concept of Locus of control which was made by Rotter in 1966 refers to individual differences in people’s beliefs and expectations about what controls events in their lives.
Justice is what is seen to be right and just by society and this means that society is catered for. However, an outsider does not conform with society so what they may think is just is different to society. These conflicting views mean that societies justice can be placed on the outsider. Outsiders are often isolated, they don't fit in or necessarily want to fit in . They often don't pick up on the nrules or cues society have to operate.
Appendix A Ashley Oliver ETH/125 Jose Rodriguez Diversity | The state of being diverse, or different from others. | Ethnocentrism | Judging another culture based on the value’s and standards of one’s own culture. | Melting Pot | A place where different peoples, styles, theories, etc., are mixed together. | Minority Group | A subordinate group whose members have less control or power over their own lives than members of a dominate majority group do. | Emigration | The act of leaving one’s country or region to settle in another.
Themes of Authenticity, Virtue, and Discernment to Living a Personally Significant Life Yolanda Lara Regis University September 7, 2014 I will be discussing on how to living a personally significant life through Authenticity, Virtue and Discernment. Authenticity can mean different thing to different people. The needs of one’s inner being are different, subjective and often culture bound. Some people base their actions on external pressures – the pressure to appear to be a certain kind of person, the pressure to adopt a particular mode of living, the pressures to ignore one’s own moral objective in order to have a more comfortable existence. In reading “The Martyrdom of Perpetua”, she was willing to sacrifice her life for her faith, even if it went against her father wishes.
“If we hope to sift style from substance, and discredit the willful muddling of the two that makes the unfamiliar look exotic, then we are looking not just for family resemblances or a behavioral lowest common dominator, but for moral threads and themes that can anchor norms to recognizably objective values (Goodman, 2010)”. Relativism is the reference to a variety of diverse thoughts that people have. The moral relativism affirms that morality is not being centered on one complete custom. Morality is centered on several customs of cultures and other things. The moral relativism can be centered on a person’s faith, the beliefs that their family instilled in him or
Relativism and Morality Barbara Johnson SOC 120: Introduction to Ethics & Social Responsibility Safiyyah Al-Amin June, 11, 2012 In the article “Some Moral Minima,” Lenn Goodman argues that there are certain things that are simply wrong. Yes, I do think that Goodman is right about most of the arguments. “People identify themselves in many different ways: through their ethnicity, race, country of origin, class, gender, sexual orientation, religion, among many others” (Mosser, 2010, What role does conscious play). Relativism is the observation that one's values are accustomed by one's culture, society, and/or community. Rejecting total claims, all statements must be assessed in terms of the perspective
These opinions forced upon generation after generation causes these misconceptions of how certain groups actually interact, thus beginning a cycle of conformity through people’s opinions. Although these views can appear to be slightly true at times, it can be an in just approach to characterize people based on what society believes is normal for that race, sex, or any other type of group. Stereotypes may change with time and society, but the conformist idea behind the ways people characterize others continue in a direction towards a misreading of social, gender, or any other types of
In the novel, The Road by Cormac McCarthy there are many different aspects of good and evil, some of which could be misunderstood due to one’s interpretation between the two because of the pressures of society. Specifically asking the questions what distinguishes the two and if human nature plays a role in determining what is the most basic factor “good” or “evil”. The novel suggests there is not really any good and evil however the manner in which the character adapts to the new world can be viewed in either a positive or negative manner. The true distinction between good and evil behavior is how people survived in abandoned civilization and how one encountered its hardships. This is evident in the journey of a father and son, struggling for food, warmth and basic necessities that one needs to live.
Different cultures have different meanings of symbols, interactions and language. What may be wrong or bad according to the culture in the United States will be different in other parts of the world. Ethnocentrism will be imposing your beliefs and or culture even passing judgments over a different culture based on your cultures beliefs, without understanding the culture at hand. Bad and good will be what we humans make of it. It is not natural law.