The podcast on ethics relates broadly to the world of business and economics. In my microeconomics class we talked about normative statements regarding economies and the definition is nearly the same. Normative statements in economics make a value judgement on how something should or should not be. I can see why this is valuable in critical thinking and arguments, because as humans most arguments we first subconsciously evaluate morally. Essentially, in both cases we are judging, as humans do, whether we think something is good or bad before evaluating the evidence.<\/p>\n
Furthermore, I find the topic of cultural relativism interesting because it can be seen in the real world every day. The school’s dining hall has vegetarian options not only for vegetarians but also for students who are part of religions that find it morally wrong to eat pork. Meanwhile, these students may be sitting tables away from a student who is currently eating pork. This difference in ideology, however, does not usually cause disagreements in the same way bigger differences do. Additionally, it reminds me of evolutionary processes talked about in leadership and the social sciences. Humans evolving and innovating in different environments caused the differing ideologies that now constitute cultural relativism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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