relativism of right and wrong
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also Western and Japanese moral reference · moral reference · cultural relativism · západné a japonské morálne meradlo · západní a japonské morální měřítko · morálne meradlo · kultúrny relativizmus · relativismus správného a nesprávného CZ
Summary
Mike speaks about relativism: acts considered morally wrong in one society or culture are both similar to and different from those considered wrong in others. In the West our reference is God, traditionally, but in Japan, for example, the reference is everybody else: when the light is red, Mike says, people look at what everybody is doing. Before the war, Mike says, the Japanese thought their morals were the best, and when Japan lost the war it was a huge shock, as if they had lost their god; and in the recent financial crisis people acted on what the others were doing – this bank is doing it this way, so it’s okay for me to do the same – but that, he says, is immoral.
Part of ↑ right and wrong
Includes ↓ an honest person is stupid ↓ crossing on red with a crowd ↓ post-war collapse of Japanese morals
Developed
So our reference is God, traditionally. But in Japan, for example, their reference is everybody else
1Precepts as Guidelines July 2009 — Dibbavana
right and wrong are relative between different societies and different cultures
2Shoaku Makusa 1: Not Doing Wrong Here and Now Winter 2006 — Shoaku Makusa
Also in the narrower keywords
an honest person is stupid +1 text
According to a Japanese proverb, an honest person is stupid
Nagarjuna’s Mulamadhyamakakarika January 1996 — Gudo Wafu Nishijima via crossing on red with a crowd
post-war collapse of Japanese morals +1 text
So when Japan lost the war, it was a huge shock for ordinary people, as if they had lost their god.
Just to Be Alive Is Enough August 2011 — Dibbavana