Reflection on the Holocaust led many anthropologists and other social scientists

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Reflection on the Holocaust led many anthropologists and other social scientists to reconsider ethical relativism as defined in question 3. The Holocaust also reminds us of the power of custom, law, and social authority to shape conduct. Nazi Germany relied on the expertise of engineers, as well as other professionals, in carrying out genocide, as well as its war efforts. (a) Do you agree that the Holocaust is a clear instance of where a cross-cultural judgment about moral wrong and right can be made? Can we expect every morally reasonable person to condemn the actions of the Nazis? (b) Judging actions to be immoral is one thing; blaming persons for wrongdoing is another (where blame is a morally negative attitude toward a person). Present and defend your view about whether the Nazi engineers and other professionals are blameworthy. Is blaming pointless, because the past is past? Or is cross-cultural blame, at least in this extreme instance, an important way of asserting values that we cherish? Reflection on the Holocaust led many anthropologists and other social scientists to reconsider ethical relativism as defined in question 3. The Holocaust also reminds us of the power of custom, law, and social authority to shape conduct. Nazi Germany relied on the expertise of engineers, as well as other professionals, in carrying out genocide, as well as its war efforts. (a) Do you agree that the Holocaust is a clear instance of where a cross-cultural judgment about moral wrong and right can be made? Can we expect every morally reasonable person to condemn the actions of the Nazis? (b) Judging actions to be immoral is one thing; blaming persons for wrongdoing is another (where blame is a morally negative attitude toward a person). Present and defend your view about whether the Nazi engineers and other professionals are blameworthy. Is blaming pointless, because the past is past? Or is cross-cultural blame, at least in this extreme instance, an important way of asserting values that we cherish? Reflection on the Holocaust led many anthropologists and other social scientists to reconsider ethical relativism as defined in question 3. The Holocaust also reminds us of the power of custom, law, and social authority to shape conduct. Nazi Germany relied on the expertise of engineers, as well as other professionals, in carrying out genocide, as well as its war efforts. (a) Do you agree that the Holocaust is a clear instance of where a cross-cultural judgment about moral wrong and right can be made? Can we expect every morally reasonable person to condemn the actions of the Nazis? (b) Judging actions to be immoral is one thing; blaming persons for wrongdoing is another (where blame is a morally negative attitude toward a person). Present and defend your view about whether the Nazi engineers and other professionals are blameworthy. Is blaming pointless, because the past is past? Or is cross-cultural blame, at least in this extreme instance, an important way of asserting values that we cherish?

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a) Agree'

No Ethical theory in the world is justifying the killing of innocents on any basis. Making judgement on the base of race/ religion or any other factor is stereotyping, Strereotyping including a minor prejudice could be considered to be unethical and against moral standards.

Almost all ethical theories and moral principles are derived from religion and culture . No religion or cultural values prepounding the killing of the other people without a reason. Hitler raised such a propoganda, which is absolutely against the belief a developed or civilised society.

b) Whatever crime done is always a crime whether done by national leaders or terrosrists or whether happened in the past or present. Those engineers where instrumental in doing so, they done these executing part in a worse and hence they are responsible for it. Their actions cannot be justified on any situations.

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