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    This document discusses the concepts of moral agent, culture, and moral behavior. It defines a moral agent as being capable of acting with reference to right and wrong and discerning moral choices. Culture is defined as the learned beliefs, attitudes, values, and customs shared within a society. The document outlines several types of culture and how culture influences perceptions, behavior, personalities, and value systems. Moral behavior is discussed as being shaped by cultural and religious beliefs, though an individual can decide morally in absence of religion. Culture is said to significantly influence and change definitions of moral acceptability through consistent exposure.

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    This document discusses the concepts of moral agent, culture, and moral behavior. It defines a moral agent as being capable of acting with reference to right and wrong and discerning moral choices. Culture is defined as the learned beliefs, attitudes, values, and customs shared within a society. The document outlines several types of culture and how culture influences perceptions, behavior, personalities, and value systems. Moral behavior is discussed as being shaped by cultural and religious beliefs, though an individual can decide morally in absence of religion. Culture is said to significantly influence and change definitions of moral acceptability through consistent exposure.

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    The Moral Agent and

    Culture
    Chapter III
    What is MORAL AGENT?
    -Being capable of acting with
    reference to right and wrong.
    -Moral agents are those
    agents expected to meet the
    demands of morality (choosing
    between good and evil).
    Characteristics of Moral Agent:
    Endowed with all possibilities and capabilities
    to act upon actions with moral considerations.
    Has the ability to discern right from wrong and
    to be held accountable for his or her actions.
    What is CULTURE?
    Culture is a aggregate of the learned beliefs,
    attitudes, values, norms and custom of a society or
    group of people, shared by them and transmitted
    from generation to generation within the society.
    Types of Culture:
    High Culture – is linked with
    the elite, upper class society,
    those families and individuals
    with an ascribed status position.
    It is often associated with the
    arts such as opera, ballet and
    classical music, and sports such
    as polo.
     Cultural Diversity – is a
    concept relating to
    culturally embedded
    differences within society,
    it’s the fact that different
    cultures exist alongside
    each other.
    Subculture – culture
    enjoyed by a small group
    within society. In this sense
    it is a minority part of
    majority culture. They
    have distinct norms and
    values which make them
    sub-section of society.
    Popular Culture – it
    borrows the idea from high
    culture and popularizes it,
    making it available for the
    masses; a product of the
    media dominated world; it is
    a positive force for it brings
    people of different
    backgrounds together groups
    living alongside each other.
    Multiculturalism – It
    is depicted to be very
    similar to cultural
    diversity, other
    definitions align
    multiculturalism with
    different ethnic groups
    living alongside each
    other.
    Global Culture – A global
    culture is a key feature of
    globalization, they emerged
    due to patterns of migration,
    trends in international travel
    and the spread of the media,
    exposing people to the same
    images of the same dominant
    world.
    Importance of Culture
    Culture affect perceptions
    Culture influences behavior
    Culture shapes personalities
    Culture shapes our value and belief systems
    What is MORAL BEHAVIOR?
    Moral behaviors are what one believes to be the
    right things to do. No doubt cultural and religious
    beliefs play a role in what one thinks to be right
    and wrong. However, one may believe that an
    individual can decide or act morally even in the
    absence of religion. In this case, no objectively
    moral behaviour exist?
    Culture undeniably does play a
    significant pseudo role within
    shaping moral behaviour and
    extends even further to social norms.
    Arguably, rather than defining our
    moral behaviour per se, it influences
    and changes our definitions of what
    ought to be deemed morally
    acceptable by consistent exposure to
    it.
    Culture is “everything”
    and not just in the arts and
    entertainment that we
    occasionally enjoy; it is
    like the oxygen we breathe.
    So in this important way,
    culture does matter quite a
    bit to how people behave
    and think.
    Cultural Relativism
    Is the principle of
    regarding the beliefs,
    values and practices of a
    culture from the
    viewpoint of that culture
    itself.
    Ethical Relativism
    Theory that hold that
    morality is relative to the
    norms of one’s culture. That
    is, whether an actions is right
    or wrong depends on the
    moral norms of the society in
    which it is practiced.
    Moral Relativism
    It is the view that moral
    judgement are true or false
    only relative to some
    particular standpoint and
    that no standpoint is
    uniquely privileged over
    all others.

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