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Title of the Book:Contemporary Moral Problems Seventh Edition by James E. WhiteBook Review Chapter:Mary Midgley: Trying Out One's New SwordQuote:“The obstacles which often prevent it are simply those of ordinary ignorance, laziness,prejudice.”What I expect to learn:
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The types of swords being used
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Where was the swords originated from?
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All about the use of swordsReview:Mary Midgley studies about moral isolationism, the view of an anthropologist and otherthat we cannot criticize cultures that we do not know or understand. Midgley argues thatmoral reasoning, it falsely assumes that cultures are separate and unmixed, whereas mostare in fact formed out many influences. Mary Midgley says that the power of moral judgment is in fact not a luxury, not a perverse indulgence of the self righteous. That is ita necessity when we judge something to be bad or good, better or worse than somethingelse. She also says that we can never understand other culture except our own culture,because some of us don’t really know our own culture.What I learned:
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We have different culture therefore we must not judge other culture
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Moral judgment is not luxury to people
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We must know first our own cultureIntegrative Question:
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What is the meaning of moral isolationism?
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What is the concept of moral isolationism?
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What is the story of the new sword?
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What is the real moral skepticism?
Review Questions:1.
What is “moral isolationism”?
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Moral isolationism means that we cannot criticize other cultures that wedo not understand.2.
Explain the Japanese custom of tsujigiri. What questions does Midgley ask aboutthis custom?
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The word tsujigiri literally means crossroads-cut, a samurai has to be tried outbecause if it was to work properly is must slice through someone at a singleblow, from the shoulder to the opposite flank. Otherwise the warrior bungledhis stroke. This could injure his honors, offend his ancestors, and even letdown his emperor. Midgley ask that does isolating barrier equally both ways?Are people in other culture equally unable to criticize us?3.
What is wrong with moral isolationism, according to Midgley?
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Mary Midgley says that morally isolationism is not true because today we aarealready studying or other cultures in order for the people to understand it.4.
What does Midgley think is the basis for criticizing other cultures?
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Midgley think that we must k now our own culture first, before we criticizeother cultures.
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Mary Midgley Trying Out One's New Sword
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