HW#3 pg. 159 #2,3
#2. I think it’s hard to separate the descriptive aspect and the compared perspective aspect. There is such a fine line between the two of them and many times overlapping. I know that I have a very hard time separating them, but to some experts it might be easy. To say that one culture is better than another is wrong. I know for myself there are cultures that I wouldn’t want to live in, but that doesn’t make them any better or worse than the one I live in. I couldn’t live in the culture of the Northwest Coast, because I enjoy helping others. My parents always thought me to treat others the way you would have them treat you.
#3. I agree with Benedict’s claim that morality is simply whatever a culture deems normal behavior. If a culture of people believe in a certain belief such as killing people, then when they kill those people they think they are doing the right thing. I don’t agree with killing people but that’s only because I was told that killing......
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