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* Many times, differing cultures have regarded each other as having this. A particularly good (or at least obvious) example is the old stereotype of [[Inscrutable Oriental|"inscrutable" Orientals]] and [[Eagle Land|"crazy" Western devils]].
** Ruth Benedict's ''The Chrysanthemum and the Sword'' is an excellent account of just how incomprehensible the Allies - Americans, ANZAC and British - and the Japanese were to each other during WWII: The Allies thought the Japanese must be crazy for committing mass suicide attacks and finding death preferable to surrender, which they would do if ordered to or if the situation was hopeless in order to avoid unnecessary deaths. The Japanese thought the Allies must be crazy for being willing to dishonor themselves by surrendering, which was the ultimate taboo, and led to horrific treatment of POWs.
** On a less dire note, the Japanese seem to have a very different conception of "non-religious" from most of the rest of the world; many of them call themselves non-religious, and yet see no contradiction in visiting shrines or temples or doing what foreigners would consider religious activities. Just try and imagine someone in the Christian world going to church or mass for Christmas and Easter, doing all the prayers and rituals, and then saying "
* In the [[Church Militant|Islamic Republic of Iran]], homosexuality is [[Moral Event Horizon|punishable by death]]. Transsexuality, however, isn't only perfectly legal, [[wikipedia:Transsexuality in Iran|a sex change is even applicable for financial support by the state]].
* Within contemporary normative ethics are three major types of ethical theory: [[wikipedia:Consequentialism|Consequentialism]] (the morality of an action is dictated by its consequences), [[wikipedia:Deontological ethics|Deontological ethics]] (the morality of an action is based on duty) and [[wikipedia:Virtue ethics|virtue ethics]] (morality is based on virtues). The morality of a given decision will vary widely between them.
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