Sentences with phrase «changing social beliefs»

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Gorsuch has said that if judges factor in personal beliefs, societal changes or calculations about maximizing social welfare, they risk becoming «little more than politicians with robes.»

It is everywhere: intruding into our lives, being pushed on us, hypo critic, and stagnating social progress.All these lunatics want ME to change MY life to suit THEIR belief system.We have just as many fanatic Christians as there are fanatic Islamists telling me how to live my life.

A graduate of Spelman College and Duke Divinity school, she molds her life after the strong belief that we are called to be agents of social and spiritual change.

Gods will is for us humans today to evolved to a level of conciousness that will prepare us for the challenges of our future survival, Scientists now predicts of hardships in the future due to over population and changes to the natural environment.and that is happening now with activists through out the world are reminding us of protecting nature.That is why we need a phsychological revolution to hasten the evolution of consciousness that will address the problems.Ideological and philosophical enlightenment had the past great minds to develop ideas and belief because God sent them to reality in their times.Abraham, Jesus, Mohammad, Buddha, and many other religious leaders to teach humanity the doctrines that God willed to be appropriate and applicable in those periods of their existence, Also great philosophers in another dimension of social involvement were born to interprete and connect philosophically as the second element of our conscience, Kant, Marx and countless of them also were born.To complete the triangular structure or dimension of our conscience is knowledge.

Because the young are more liberal on social issues» at least at this point in their lives» traditionalists are being counseled by secularists to either remain silent about abortion and same - sex marriage, or even change their beliefs.

Its appeal is complex, drawing on belief in anthropogenic global warming and trust in the «scientific consensus» behind it; the Great Recession and a protective reaction to rapid social change; a basic need for the concrete, local, and personal; the waning of religious observance; peer pressure, star power, money, and more.

The belief that every single person is precious in God's sight has inspired some Christians to work for social changes such as the abolition of slavery, an end to the exploitation of factory workers, the removal of racial discrimination and apartheid, and the prevention of cruelty to and the sexual abuse of women and children.

Yes, we all need to wake up, but some dreams are more dangerous than others, and in times of great social change and insecurity, there's nothing more dangerous than apocalyptic beliefs.

It has been mainly at times of cultural change and social crisis, however, that apocalyptic beliefs and millennialism have been revived in Christian thought and practice.

We facilitate social change, not by promulgating a particular program but by entering the landscape of the heart and revitalizing — through music, poetry and reason — the listeners» belief in the source of all just and lasting change: the risen Christ

Very few of these changes sound particularly appetizing (at least to my own personal political and social beliefs).

Thus, a belief in Natural Rights can cause social, political and legal changes; some of these changes may be seen by contemporary protagonists and / or by future generations as historical landmarks.

[8] This alleged causal link between ideations and reality reveals a reductionist and idealistic interpretation of social change: the unquestioned assumption is that ideational factors — norms, beliefs, representations, etc. — create social reality.

I think it's a continuation of the belief that poorly - formed metrics — number of press mentions, number of blog comments, number of Twitter retweets — is somehow indicative of how much social change you're creating.

They analyzed four of the most common drivers of social - ecological change in indigenous lands: introduction of advanced health care, abandonment of traditional religious and taboo beliefs, the conversion of land outside the indigenous area for large - scale agriculture, and the introduction of external food resources.

Addressing climate change, also found in many other countries, reflects fundamental social and political beliefs that lie well beyond the scientific evidence.

Associate professor of natural resource social science Linda Prokopy and fellow researchers surveyed 6,795 people in the agricultural sector in 2011 - 2012 to determine their beliefs about climate change and whether variation in the climate is triggered by human activities, natural causes or an equal combination of both.

Simply adding social diversity to a group makes people believe that differences of perspective might exist among them and that belief makes people change their behavior.

The ESS is an academically - driven social survey designed to chart and explain the interaction between Europe's changing institutions and the attitudes, beliefs and behaviour patterns of its diverse populations.

These pregnancy - induced brain changes involve the pruning of the size and structure of certain areas of the brain that process social information, such as the feelings, intentions, thoughts or beliefs of others.

The drive to start this organization was anchored in my belief that yoga is one of the most democratic tools available for personal healing and social change because we all have a body and we all breathe.

Tom Gjelten covers issues of religion, faith, and belief for NPR News, a beat that encompasses such areas as the changing religious landscape in America, the formation of personal identity, the role of religion in politics, and social and cultural conflict arising from religious differences.

b) it's populated with people who believe in something, which gets little respect, especially if one doesn't or can't share those beliefs: (1) religious faith and (2) an ardent hunger for badly, urgently, needed social change.

Key Stages 3 and 4 Citizenship / PSHE 90 - 180 minutes William Morris combined his passion for decorative arts with a belief in the need for social change.

The program, developed in partnership with Leading Educators, stems from a central belief that schools are a critical unit of social change, and teacher leaders should be drivers of that change in pursuit of equity.

Social scientists were wrong in the belief that change would come easily... Simply mixing children in the classroom and trusting to benign human nature could never have done the trick... What I am questioning here are the assumptions underlying the belief that school desegregation, as implemented in the typical school district, will be an instrument to achieve [equal opportunity for all].

Social change and the spay / neuter movement • How to work within people's belief systems for the greater good

The series explores how ideology intersects with personal identity and how belief can act as a wide ranging agent - one of exclusivity, violence, spiritual transcendence, and social change.

Taking as a starting point the «backfire effect» — a phrase coined to describe how people often maintain or even strengthen their beliefs when given factual evidence against them — Tillmans interviewed scientists, politicians, journalists, and social workers in an effort to understand changes in the international political climate in recent decades, with a particular focus on right - wing populism and fake news.

Magnum Photos, founded in 1947 on the shared belief in humanist values, has seen a world in increasing disarray at the brink of social change, alienated by divisive politics and migrations.

With a firm belief in the role of the artist as cultural emissary and agent of social change, our goal is to create opportunities for Israel's most innovative artists to expand their practice and reach international audiences.

The artists featured in Fire Within confront ideological, cultural, and social topics throughout their work — including the changing perceptions of cultural and gender identity, social dynamics and status, and traditional values and belief systems.

She brings to the Foundation more than 30 years of experience leading cultural institutions, a fundamental belief in the power of artists to catalyze social change, and a deep commitment to the role artist foundations can play in expanding opportunities for cultural conversation.

Interdisciplinary in its focus, the Rauschenberg Residency is based on Rauschenberg's formative experience at Black Mountain College, North Carolina, and his belief that art can affect positive social change.

Gayford starts with people, moments and meetings, standing firm in the belief that «pictures are affected not only by social and intellectual changes but also by individual sensibility and character».

Mark Neville's work subverts conventions of documentary films and photographs, and evinces his strong belief in «the social function of art to effect change in the real world.»

In his book «Self Efficacy: The Exercise of Control,» Albert Bandura of Stanford University's Department of Psychology documents «efficacy beliefs» in people's lives and how they affect personal and social change.

Recent social - science research has shown that the acceptance of the existence of the expert consensus on climate change is a gateway belief.

News stories that provided a balanced view of climate change reduced people's beliefs that humans are at fault and also reduced the number of people who thought climate change would be bad, according to research by Stanford social psychologist Jon Krosnick.

So I'd like to throw this back to you Geoff — if things like the NEP are flawed, and if you see our scales for measuring climate change scepticism and its relationship to ideology as not capturing the essence of why people are sceptical about climate change, how should social science seek to understand people's beliefs about the environment and climate change?

This requires change to happen at a large scale through social and technical innovation; political shifts that minimize risk and vulnerability; or personal changes in belief systems that lead to climate change responses.

The Dutch have been relatively good at preparing for climate change largely because of their long history of consensus - based water management and their shared belief in social planning.

[10] «(d) a group shall be considered to form a particular social group where in particular: members of that group share an innate characteristic, or a common background that can not be changed, or share a characteristic or belief that is so fundamental to identity or conscience that a person should not be forced to renounce it, and that group has a distinct identity in the relevant country, because it is perceived as being different by the surrounding society; depending on the circumstances in the country of origin, a particular social group might include a group based on a common characteristic of sexual orientation.

Change limiting beliefs and negative emotions and improve your social skills.

It seeks to motivate behavioral change by addressing factors such as attitudes and beliefs (including self - efficacy), social skills (particularly refusal and negotiation skills), functional knowledge, social and media influences, peer norms and parent / child communication.

Changing attitudes and beliefs of intimate partner violence through legislative and social change.

As can be seen from Figure 1, this model of motivational and behavioral change combines aspects of several theories, such as Bandura's Social Learning Theory (Bandura et al., 1977), the Theory of Planned Behavior (Ajzen, 1991), the Health Belief Model (Janz and Becker, 1984) and the Transtheoretical Model (Prochaska et al., 1992).

Without change, negative core beliefs formed early in life remain fixed into adulthood, with severe social and emotional consequences.

The factors associated with resilience and PTG are hope, positive emotions, social support, sense of meaning and purpose, acts of kindness, and internal locus of control (belief in one's ability to change).

Policy and practice decision - makers need to pay particular attention to parents who are most at risk: they need find ways to facilitate change in parents» behaviours, taking into consideration factors such as parent beliefs, social support, mental health status, in order to maximize effectiveness.