Cultural values in constructing moral worlds: Current debates and critiques on moral anthropology

Year 2020, , 37 - 43, 30.12.2020

Ozan Can Yılmaz

https://doi.org/10.33613/antropolojidergisi.769782

Abstract

Cultural anthropology shows a significant interest in the study of morality and ethics with its aim to understand the local contexts and human narratives. Actions and practices pertaining to the domain of morality create not only questions for cultural anthropologists to take into consideration but also immensely construct the social worlds in which the individual subjects for our anthropological inquiry are shaped. Considering how distinct cultural localities result in various ways in which morality is manifested and experienced, this article is concerned with current debates and critiques of moral anthropology as well as the essential function of cultural values within the anthropological study of morality.

Keywords

Cultural anthropology, moral anthropology, cultural values

Supporting Institution

University of Vienna

Ahlâkî dünyaların inşasında kültürel değerler: Ahlâk antropolojisi üzerine güncel tartışmalar ve eleştiriler

Abstract

Kültürel antropoloji, yerel bağlamları ve insan anlatılarını anlama amacı ile ahlâk ve etik araştırmalarına önemli bir ilgi gösterir. Ahlâk alanına ilişkin eylemler ve uygulamalar, yalnızca kültürel antropologların dikkate alması gereken sorular yaratmakla kalmaz, aynı zamanda antropolojik araştırmamız için bireysel öznelerin şekillendirildiği sosyal dünyaları da büyük ölçüde inşa eder. Farklı kültürel yerel özelliklerin ahlâkın tezahür ettiği ve deneyimlendiği alanlara yansımasını inceleyen bu makale, ahlâk antropolojisinin güncel tartışmaları ve eleştirilerinin yanı sıra, ahlâk antropolojisi çalışmalarındaki kültürel değerlerin temel işleviyle ilgilenmektedir.

Keywords

Kültürel antropoloji, ahlâk antropolojisi, kültürel değerler

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