All avenues of work involve engaging with people (supervisors, colleagues, subordinates, consumers) who come from cultures very different from our own and whose moral understandings regarding issues both mundane and consequential. How should we respond? Can moral values that are not only different from but incompatible with our own also be “right”? Or are there universally true moral values?
The parents in both Sophie’s Choice and “A Choice for K’alia” certainly faced an emotionally wrenching and morally fraught decision. After completing this week’s assigned readings, what is your position on whether what is morally right is objective and universal or is relative to time, place and culture? Were you persuaded by one author more than others? How does that affect your assessment of the actions of Sophie or the Paulettes?
I will Send the readings from Sophi’s choice via email
Use the order calculator below and get started! Contact our live support team for any assistance or inquiry.
[order_calculator]
