Different Cultures Outlook On Death

“‘The sense of the dead is that of the final,’ says a Vietnamese proverb, meaning that funeral ceremonies must be solemnly organized,” as stated in the Vietnam Tourism website. The way a funeral is organized in Vietnam is strongly influenced by Chinese; as stated in the article “Culture of Vietnam,” ones with various rites and activities. Most funerals in Vietnam consist of three stages. In the tourism website they also state that, “The date and time for the funeral procession, le dua tang, must be carefully selected.” This is an important factor, as the mourning process of a loved one in Vietnamese customs the funeral goes on for two years. The length of a Vietnamese funeral is after three

Death has and will always be a very controversial topic. The United States (U.S.), often referred to as the ‘melting pot’ of the world, may be the most controversial nation of all in regards to this topic. There are so many different cultures represented in the U.S. and each culture has a very unique approach to death. Some cultures believe that death is the end of an individual’s existence while others believe it is the beginning of another life. According to

How should we die? Many people have not consider discussing plans for dying and the afterlife. Death can take families by surprise sometimes; therefore, they have to make quick decision and may not have all the details need. There are times when families are able to successful plan for their death and afterlife.

“Death is a universal experience. No matter what our culture, our religion, our race, or our country of origin, we will all die. How we approach death, how we think about suffering and grief, and what we believe happens after we die vary based on our culture, religion, and spiritual beliefs. Spiritual beliefs ground our thinking about end-of-life concepts.” -Susan Thrane, MSN, RN, OCN

Different religious and cultures honor death in different ways. My culture deals with death by holding a funeral, in which we celebrate and honor the life and accomplishments of the person who has left us. We often try to make the funeral as positive as possible, by saying things like “Carol would have wanted us to be happy. She wouldn’t have wanted to have all the people she loved and cared for, crying because of

In a society at one time, something could be right, but in that same society at a different time frame it could be wrong. All these beliefs are based on an individual within their social order. What one culture finds moral, is something that a different community may find immoral, but it is not right to judge either of them, for this was based on where and how they were raised and what they’ve developed to support. The way people eat, work, or even speak is all based on their humanity. There is no universal standard of morality

The grief responses within a culture vary from person to person. It is true that societies made up of people from many cultural backgrounds. A family with members from two or more cultural backgrounds may develop its own set of rituals and customs. Furthermore, different culture may have different perspective toward death and dying. They may use different strategies to cope with their losses. By interviewed Amira, I learned many things regarding to her cultural aspect of death and dying and it was interesting topic to learn about.

What may seem wrong to one culture, may be right to another. Some people judge others based on their own culture or what they are familiar with. I have been watching documentaries of different cultures to get more insight on their customs.

Different people may have different moralities as reflected in the way they act and the ways they react to the actions of others. However, there is no objective way to show that one of these moralities is a legitimate one. An explanation of what a morality is and what it is to have a said morals might resemble an explanation of what a language is and what it is to use certain words of that language. However, moral relativism is not an acceptable claim about how to understand moral judgments of other

Every person has their own sense of morals, what they believe is or isn’t right. Though many of us have a consensus on what is right and wrong, either due to personal beliefs or simply what we have been taught since birth, there are still underlying differences in our morals. No two people believe the same thing, and no two people will always agree on what is the just thing to do.

Different culture has many different moral values. Universali we don't agree what is wrong or wrong, each individual is right to have moral value. No statement can be considered absolutely wrong and right. Moral relativism says, "It's true for me, if I believe it." which is right for you but not for me. For example, I and my friend went to buy a t-shirt. I tried the shirt and I did not like the shirt so I went back and put the shirt back in the same shelf that I took it from because I believe this

First to understand our fear of death we have to understand how different cultures view death. To understand this question I looked into how people deal with death depending on cultures, and my source by Sarah Rafique directly answered my question. It talks about a man who is dying and how the culture he has shapes his view of death, and the

People typically fear death. They view death as the eminent moment in life that they can’t see themselves facing. Society believes there is nothing that they can do about it. So, they live their lives in this way that they are constantly worrying about death and how they are going to die. Someone can think about death all day long and still fear it as much as the day before because they don’t understand it. That is

After taking the Death Attitude Profile, I had mixed feelings on some of the questions. For example, one of the questions were, “Death brings a promise of a new glorious life”. I found this question a little weird. I was brought up in a Christian home. I do consider myself a Christian, but have struggled with my faith. When I read the question I thought of what Christians believe in. The life we are living is temporary, when we leave this world we will have eternal life. I believe in what the bible says, however I was thinking of the question in a different way. I was using the frame of mind of someone who may not believe in God. For some people death is the end, there is no after life, they become one with the earth. Christians don’t have

Different societies have different moral codes. Cultural relativism claims that ethics is relative to individuals, groups, cultures and societies. Relativism resists universal moral normal. The moral code of society determines what is right or wrong in that society. There’s no objective standard that can be used to judge one’s society code against another. Its arrogant to judge others cultures. We should always be tolerant of them. Cultural relativism for many people is a response to the complexity of moral issues and the number of different responses various. Groups our cultures have given to moral issues so for many when we look at just how different cultures have responded two different issues the way different cultures. All this diversity that there seems to be a response where we want to say well, maybe there isn 't some sort of absolute right or wrong maybe morality really is just relative to a different group that different people believe different things. In this paper, I will discuss the aspect of my culture from an outside perspective and discuss another culture from an inside perspective. In sociology, the principle is sometimes practiced to avoid cultural bias in research, as well as to avoid judging another culture by the standards of one 's own culture. For this reason, cultural relativism has been considered an attempt to avoid ethnocentrism. Cultural relativism is related to but often distinguished from moral relativism, the view that morality is relative to