Sentences with phrase «cultural consensus on»

It's not like we have achieved any kind of cultural consensus on right and wrong, even in our own societies.

The pop - cultural consensus on horror director Tobe Hooper would seem to be that, with The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, he somehow made one of the genre's defining masterpieces right out of the gate only to squander a promising career on a string of strange mediocrities that ultimately marked him more as a hack - for - hire than an auteur in the tradition of more respected contemporaries such as John Carpenter, Wes Craven, or George A. Romero.

Not exact matches

The tone of the speech strongly suggests that the sun is setting on the powerful cultural - political consensus that has dominated the West since 1945.

The speakers had a variety of views, but the consensus on the panel was that an alliance is indeed forming on social and cultural issues, specifically gender and sexuality, and that this alliance will have a serious influence on domestic and global politics.

That is, will the faith - communities while keeping their separate identities be prepared in the present historical situation of pluralism, to interact with each other bringing their respective religious and / or ideological insights on the conception of the human so as to build something of a consensus of cultural and moral values on which to build a single larger secular community?

The question is where such core religious teachings can and should «trump» cultural practices, and how consensus can be achieved on these divisive issues.

The first was the existence of a strong correlation between individuals» cultural values and their perceptions of scientific consensus on risks known to divide persons of opposing worldviews.

Empirical studies aimed at trying to make sense of this phenomenon have concluded that the reason the public remains divided on «scientific consensus» isn't that they haven't been exposed to evidence on the matter but rather that when they are exposed to evidence of what experts believe they selectively credit or discredit it in patterns that reflect and reinforce their perception that scientific consensus is consistent with the position that predominates in their cultural or ideological group.

For people on the political right (e.g., more politically conservative), perception of scientific consensus decreases, just as cultural cognition predicts.

No cultural group favors policies that diverge from scientific consensus on climate change, nuclear power, or gun control.

Perhaps, rather than muting the information content / consensus channel, it would be better to turn up the volume knob on the cultural channel.

«It is a mistake to think «scientific consensus,» of its own force, will dispel cultural polarization on issues that admit scientific investigation,» said Kahan.

Is it even possible to have a global consensus on an internet bill of rights, given our diverse cultural sensitivities?