... here that Westermarck is not promoting this opinion, he is merely recognizing it, as he is a relativist. Shaw also provides a plethora of excellent questions concerning the cultural branch of relativism. Firstly, the concept of a mistaken judgement. As a prime example, pre- Civil War Americans were allowed to keep slaves, however, now Americans agree that this was a mistaken practice. Like cultural relativism, ... . Furthermore, what if the belief system of a particular society is in transition? For example, what if a group of extremists are successfully turning public opinion towards a f...

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... through one or more mental processes that can be roughly distinguished as neutralization, redefinition, or desensitization.(20) These processes work toward breaking down the mechanisms of social control and avoiding guilt. Desensitization, for example, refers to a group of techniques, which permit the wrongdoer to inflict on a fellow human being the pain and suffering the crime will cause. Fattah notes that "unless the victimizer ... victim, objectifying her, denying any injury, blaming the victim, and devaluing her. PreBibliography 1. Hart, Prolegomenon to the Principles of Punishment,...

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... exposed to various moral beliefs, their ethnic background would not be a controversial matter. Instead, the morals would be approached and discussed with an open mind making the student culturally aware of different moral beliefs. A different situation occurs when students are entering a university that is affiliated with a specific church. Students can already expect their education to contain, and even encourage, ... deeper concepts of morality based on that particular religion. For example, it would not seem odd for a student enrolled in a Catholic school to take a class on the impor...

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