I like that you shared your experience in your post. I think that it does happen a lot and sometimes it happens so much that we don’t even realize that it’s happening. I also believe that of course it happens within us. As much as we’d like to think that we don’t think like that and we rationalize things, the truth of the matter is that it happens to us too. It happens in everyone I think we just need to be aware of it.

I agree with you stance on relativism. I definitely believe that one doesn’t have the knowledge to speak on another culture’s ethics or customs if one doesn’t know about it. For example, I wouldn’t let someone tell me that my hispanic culture is wrong just because they think what we do within our culture is weird or not customary compared to what they do in their culture. I do believe though that there is a fine line between having an opinion in a culture that you think isn’t “normal” and maybe protecting individuals within that culture from things that aren’t morally acceptable.

I like your prompt on the discussion of secular ethics. I really like also how you tied in the happenings of today to the teaching of Dalai Lama. I think it is very interesting to not that in the worst of times you really do see the very best in humanity but also the very worst. Like you pointed out there are people that buying everything up and leaving people to fend for themselves but then there are also people who have no issue helping others in need.

I like your perspective on impartiality and female ethics but I would have to disagree with you on some notions. I don’t think it’s fully possible to put everything aside about one person, be it good or bad, and make a decision not based on past feelings about that person. I think that it is partially our human behavior that enables us to make decisions on the past because it’s how we learn. I think that in a perfect world, yes we would put everything aside just to make a better judgement call but I don’t think that’s the world that we live in.

I think that organ sales could actually be a very controversial topic. How do you one hand help those in need but also try to keep everything secure so that people aren’t kidnapped for their organs? that’s a tough question and one that even I see myself struggling with day to day. How do you live with being ok with something that can save lives but also take them?

I really like your comment where you said that not everyone will be satisfied in cross cultural judgement. I think it’s true, there’s no way to make everyone happy about every single culture. there will always be something that the west disproves of the Middle East and vice versa. I think it’s just about at least learning even if we can’t understand the customs of others.

I think that too, it could just fall on the person to accept the risks of undergoing such an operation. Possibly they’re in need of the money and this is the only way out of a certain situation. But, also like you said people can be abused for the fact that organ sales can be highly profitable.

I think that if everything would go perfectly then yes, there would be huge boost to the economy but also at what cost? If all migrants trying leaving their home country to come the U.S. for example what happens to their home country? Their economy goes down because lack of workers and how many people would be left without job here because at some point all spots would be filled.

I really liked how you tied your own experience into the blog. I think it really helped a lot to pound in some of the ideas from the blog prompt. I think everyone needs to practice some form of meditation for the benefit of others.

I really liked your blog post. You made me think about the prompt in a slightly different way. I agree with you completely and I like the incorporation of a personal experience and I think it happens to all of us. If we’re anywhere and something happens to a stranger that is just something trivial and not life threatening I think that we wouldn’t be inclined to help them but let it be someone were close to then we’re there at a moments notice.

I appreciate sharing your experience that you had in Mexico. I think that there is injustice like that all over the world but we’re not hearing about it. I think that wherever you are that can happen. It can happen possibly in a small town here in the U.S. just as much as it can in Mexico. I think it is just eye opening to see just how differently people are treated just because they’re an unknown.

I really like your post and I think that a lot of it also comes down to our past circumstances. I think we should treat everyone with respect but just like you I treat those in retail and customer service just a tad bit nicer. After working in customer service I know what it feels like to have a difficult customer come in and argue with you about everything under the sun. So I think our past also influences to do better.