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Social Psychology (10th Edition)

10th Edition

ISBN:9780134641287

Author:Elliot Aronson, Timothy D. Wilson, Robin M. Akert, Samuel R. Sommers

Publisher:Elliot Aronson, Timothy D. Wilson, Robin M. Akert, Samuel R. Sommers

Chapter1: Introducing Social Psychology

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There was once an article in the newspaper in 2005 that reported a sexual assault (gang rape) done by a group of tribal men somewhere in the African region against a married woman in her 30’s. The group’s action was carried with the blessings of the whole tribe where the group belongs. It was an act of vengeance against another for an offense done by a member of the other tribe on one of its members. After the rape, the woman was made to walk naked in public. This was not just to inflict shame and pain to the woman but to her entire tribe. The “civilized” world’s attention was caught and called the act as “beastly” and “inhuman.” In fact, the case was brought the UN which lambasted the act in the strongest term possible. But is it correct for us to condemn the act as morally wrong knowing that the group acted only on behalf of their own cultural group (as a matter of custom)? Can culture/custom be subject to morality? Why or why not?

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