PHIL 1050 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Cultural Relativism, Morality, In Re Kasinga
14 Apr 2013
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Darius ancient king of persia intrigued by the cultures met during his travels. Findings: callatians (india) ate the bodies of their dead fathers. Greeks: practiced cremation, regarded funeral pyre most natural way to dispose of body. Upon asking the different cultures what it would take to get them to take part in the different rituals they were both shocked and said they would never do such things. This is an example: different cultures have different moral codes. What is thought right within one group may horrify the members of another group. Men often had more than one wife. They would share their wives with guests. Within a community a dominant man may demand and get regular sexual accesses to other men"s wives. Women were free to break arrangements by leaving the husband. Care less about human life, infanticide was common. One woman gave birth to 20 children and killed 10. Female babies were more likely to be killed.
