In another thread we have it being argued that we should be culturally sensitive to immigrants from other cultures when it comes to them being habitually late. Should we be? Should we consider that an excuse? And should we expect less of people because of their culture? https://talkfreethought.org/showthread.php?10993-New-low-for-academia
I take it further now and apply it to the misogyny that is so often seen in some cultures. Immigrants from India or the middle east for example. When a man immigrates from there to here and then engages in this poor behaviour (by our standards) should we excuse him because of where he came from? Should we be more accommodating of racists from the deep south where slavery was a thing than of racists from the north?
Now taking it even further, should this be taken into consideration in criminal sentencing? What if the person comes from a culture where property isn't recognized and is held communally, and he then comes here and starts "borrowing" things without permission and is charged with theft? Assume that they know we consider theft wrong. Should we be more lenient on them than on a thief who grew up here and has always lived with the concept of personal property rights?
I take it further now and apply it to the misogyny that is so often seen in some cultures. Immigrants from India or the middle east for example. When a man immigrates from there to here and then engages in this poor behaviour (by our standards) should we excuse him because of where he came from? Should we be more accommodating of racists from the deep south where slavery was a thing than of racists from the north?
Now taking it even further, should this be taken into consideration in criminal sentencing? What if the person comes from a culture where property isn't recognized and is held communally, and he then comes here and starts "borrowing" things without permission and is charged with theft? Assume that they know we consider theft wrong. Should we be more lenient on them than on a thief who grew up here and has always lived with the concept of personal property rights?