Sentences with phrase «whatever values society»
Whatever values society chooses, one consequence of a larger population is simply economic: More people means more pressure on emissions.
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Whatever may be the level of a given society, it can and does develop such sharing, such participation in agreed values, such mutuality in pursuit of them; and it leads to the appearance of a «culture» which expresses such agreements and aims at their implementation.
If we, as a society, truly value mothers the way we claim we do, we should be doing whatever we can to support them, instead of judging them and shaming them and calling into question every choice they make.
In your best - selling book The Blank Slate, you argue that the infant mind is not an empty vessel that society can fill with whatever values and behaviors it chooses but rather that we are born with predispositions that are genetically determined.
What is key is that we understand that in a highly mobile and autonomous post-industrial society, we need to find easy ways for people to find connection and relationship with other people whom they may never have met, the literal equivalent of the evangelical service that is conducted several times every day, where people can come and go as they want, with child care and dry cleaning and whatever else liberals need to integrate that kind of regular activity into their everyday lives, and then we need to find ways to deepen those ties and connections, in ways that support and affirm secular values and personal autonomy.
The principal one is that science should be used by democratic societies to enable free & reasoning people to recognize and give proper effect to the best available evidence in deciding * for themselves * what sorts of policies, reflecting whatever balance of interests best fits their own values, will achieve the ends they prefer.
It's been really valuable for me to notice when I've making life decisions that reflect the norms of society or the norms of whatever in - group I happen to be part of versus when I'm making decisions that reflect my true values and strengths.