Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Who Knows What Is Truly Right
The article The Challenge of Cultural Relativism presents an interesting view on the world. It questions who knows what is truly right and poses a theory that no one is truly correct. It takes examples from history throughout the ages. One is a culture that does not eat cows, even in famine. Many see it as a crazy thought, but in their belief it makes perfect sense. They believed that humans past on to be cows, so in turn cows could be deceased family and friends. This applies to cultures and society throughout the world, no matter where or what beliefs. This can even be taken into today's society. With how the world is grown and expanded in knowledge, we as a people take most things for granted. But in truth all or none of it could be true. I completely agree with the idea that we don't know what is right one hundred percent. For example I have always wondered about color blind people. We are told if we are color blind that we differ from the normal human being and how they should see. I think that this is wrong in that we do not know what is really how a human should look or function. It could be possible that we were supposed to be color blind and that those who have 'normal' eyesight are supernatural and different. I believe that people should see the world more like this so that we can be open to eachothers ideas and not have a constant battle of who is right.
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