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Ethics is a thorough system of one’s ideologies determining the degree of righteousness and wrongness. Philosophers believe that ethics shape the moral status of individuals and are derived strongly by emotions. The sense of ethics can provide basic guidance to live in a social constraint and practice one’s moral values. Ethics has played a vital role since the beginning of human civilization. All humans naturally bear a distinctive sense of fairness and have the ability to choose what interests them and society at large. These innate feelings motivate decision-making capabilities. But for any choice humans make, there has to be moral reasoning behind it. It is important to discover the truth first and it can not only simply rely on our feelings. Our desires, prejudice, and cultural values may tempt us into assuming the truth and not having to think through logical reasoning. An ethically right decision will always have the aptitude of proving moral arguments. It is hard to know what reasons are good enough but we can try by keeping the analysis unbiased and bringing moral values into play.

Understanding morality is a hard subject as we observe different cultures believe in different moral values. The lack of human abilities in finding universal moral truths has made us accept the concept of cultural relativism. The rights and wrongs are defined by a society's moral code meaning if society considers a certain thing right, it is right at least within that society. On the other hand, subjective relativism is based on an individual's perception of right and wrong. It believes in objective standards used to judge that a society's moral codes are better than another's. Each individual has the authority to have their definition of fairness. But in cultural relativism, it is considered an arrogant trait to judge other cultures CITATION Rac69 \l 1033 (Rachels and Rachels). It is believed to always tolerate their norms but it is a huge challenge as to what if the other society's norms do not favor tolerating them? It is simply impossible to make someone accept the cultural variations against their fundamental beliefs. We can only make things easier by broadening our minds and realize that our feelings are not mere perceptions of truth but because of cultural conditioning. As Ruth Benedict said; “Morality differs in every society, and is a convenient term for socially approved habits.”

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BIBLIOGRAPHY \l 1033 Rachels, James and Stuart Rachels. The Elements of Moral Philosophy. 9. McGraw-Hill, 1969.

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