Cultural Relativism in Film

Goal: Present what you are writing about.

Identify all of the basic information: about the book/movie/documentary that you can and introduce your purpose/thesis, including:

the author rof the piece, the title of the piece, the title of the book or journal from which it was taken (if relevant), the publisher, and the year of publication;
the topic or subject of the piece—for example, “The Triangle Shirt-Waist Fire” or “Revitalization efforts underway in Roxbury’s Codman Square.” In other words, tell what the piece is about in a word or a phrase.

Explaining Cultural Relativism in terms of the movie and Explain CR in terms of the circumstances in the movie.

You should be using scenes from the movie and class materials (books, lectures, etc…) to explain what CR is, including the argument(s) for it.

You should be citing class materials and quoting when appropriate (from both the book and the movie).

Give examples that parallel the scenes in the movie to back up your interpretive analysis.

3.Thought Prompts/Analysis/Personal Response–

You will be choosing a side: Pro Relativism or Pro Universalism (weak or strong).

Goal: You should be writing about your naive views as they relate to the possibility of a universal morality versus a relativistic model. You should use the movie as an entry point.

I have listed a few questions below that should help you think about the case you want to make and how to relate it back to the movie. You should be connecting our discussion about cultural relativism (esp, the cultural differences argument [ie, the argument for CR) and criticisms of CR) with the themes and ideas in the movie. The questions below are NOT the writing prompts for this assignment. They are meant to get you brainstorming.

+What goals does the United Nations pursue? When, if at all, is UN intervention or involvement morally permissible?

+Tatsi tells her husband (scene 17, roughly 1:20:24 into the film): “You are a good man, Paul Rusesabagina.” Does she mean he is a good Hutu? If not (or if not merely that), what does it mean to be a (morally) good person?

+How do you react to the piece on a (moral) personal level?

+How does the piece relate to your experience or your own “naive” moral perspective?

+what questions does the piece raise for you — about the material, about other things?

+does the piece remind you of other readings you’ve done for the class? compare and contrast the piece to those readings.

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