Universalism versus Particularity Quiz

Viewing Europe as superior or advanced form of human existence; centering European culture, perspectives, and interests.

Culture refers to patterns of and for behavior, transmitted achievements of human groups, products of action, influences upon further action, and what a society is, does, values, and believes.

It states that certain truths are common to all, and certain norms, values, and concepts apply generally to all people and cultures.

<p>Because it is grounded in the metaphysical belief that European existence is qualitatively superior to other forms of human life.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Law is not universal but created by different human societies, informed by specific cultural perspectives, socio-political, and environmental contexts.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It emphasizes that legal systems are shaped by specific cultural contexts and are not universally applicable across all societies.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Reality structured by subject/object division; world outside human subject comprised of objects that can be owned, used, controlled, disposed of, etc.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Viewing something as abstract rather than concrete; reducing a concept or idea and separating it from its real, concrete context.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Belief that everything has a scientific, observable, calculable logical explanation; devoid of myth, emotion, or supernatural forces.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Prioritization of a secular worldview; displacement of the sacred or divine to the private or spiritual realm.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Shapes thought, action, behavior, beliefs, ways of life, and institutions; governs how people conduct their lives.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The ideas by which we organize our lives and conduct our affairs.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The shift from a cosmological conception of law to a rational basis focused on control, regulation, limitation, and prohibition.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The critique of accepting slavery and inequality as part of the natural order.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Morality.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It predisposes individuals to behave and think in Eurocentric ways.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Rationalization, dichotomies, abstraction, objectification, desacralization, and analytical thought.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Art, science, economics, social life, and even the society's concept of the law.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To challenge the features of positivism and introduce important critiques of Western law.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Materialism, aggression, and individualism.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>By the Eurocentric system and practiced, taught, and theorized in a manner that celebrates Eurocentric heritage.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Features of the Eurocentric worldview are present in Western jurisprudence.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Natural law, positivism, legal realism.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Materialistic, competitive, individualistic, narcissistic</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It reflects a distinct Western European cultural form, practice, and belief system.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Racism, colonialism, group-based oppression, and environmental degradation</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Law is a Eurocentric Enterprise that promotes European values at the expense of others.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Racism, sexism, classism</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>In material terms, made up only of physical matter</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Dichotomous reasoning</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Competitive acquisition and possession of material goods and resources</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Structuring differences in terms of inequality of worth, value, contribution</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Breaking down an item or issue into constituent parts before examining each part separately</p> Signup and view all the answers