“We can be certain that, if there are conflicting views in different cultures, some of these views must be false. This may help us to transcend our own narrow cultural horizon.” IfsMayDifferentHelpingCertainCultureViewsHorizonDifferent Cultures Author:Torbjorn Tannsjo
“Even where people in different cultures agree they may all have gone wrong.” PeopleMayDifferentCultureGoneAgreeDifferent Cultures Author:Torbjorn Tannsjo
“People in different cultures think very differently about abortion. Abortion is not seen as a moral problem for example in Sweden or Russia, but it is seen as a difficult moral problem in China and in the USA.” PeopleThinkingDifferentProblemCultureDifficultMoralExampleChinaRussiaUsaAbortionSwedenDifferent Cultures Author:Torbjorn Tannsjo
“One way of submitting your moral intuitions in relation to some issue to cognitive therapy is to learn more about how people in other cultures think about it.” PeopleThinkingWayCultureMoralIssuesRelationIntuitionOne WayTherapyCognitiveOther CulturesCognitive Therapy Author:Torbjorn Tannsjo
“I have been brought up in a culture where capital punishment is indeed anathema. I have always thought of myself as a principled opponent to capital punishment. However, when thinking about how the topic is handled in other cultures, in particular the American, Russian and Chinese ones, I have realised that my own tack on the issue was utterly superficial.” ThinkingHas BeensCultureMy OwnIssuesParticularPunishmentChineseOpponentsSuperficialTopicsRealisedCapital PunishmentOther CulturesPrincipledAnathema Author:Torbjorn Tannsjo
