Chapter 4: Trying Out one’s New Sword

Amazon Link: http://www.amazon.com/Contemporary-Moral-Problems-James-White/dp/0534584306/

What I expect to learn?

I expect to learn about moral isolationism and how it affects the society.

Quote:

“Midgley attacks moral isolationism, the view of anthropologists and others that we cannot criticize cultures that we do not understand”

Review:

People have different cultures and people who criticize other cultures because those aren’t their own culture. Some cultures had barriers to other because of criticize may occur. We are used to in judging thing like cultures. We share different suggestion and opinion expressing what we believe. Moral isolationism is telling us not to criticize nor judge other people in a way that we don’t understand other culture. But in the real world, moral judgement about other cultures is in nature. We exchange opinions and suggestion because at the first place it is where culture came from. Without moral judgment we can never have our own culture as well. Isolating one culture is closing your doors to opportunities of more profound and improves culture in the future. So, whether or not people have opinions on other culture we might as well deal with it as Midgley says that there is one world and we have to live in it.

What I Learned?

• Moral Isolationism
• Culture Judgment

Integrative Question:

1.      What is Moral Isolationism?

2.      Why is culture judgment a tool to help?

3.      What can moral isolationism affect the people?

4.      What is the main point of the author?

What can we do to act rightly in dealing with culture