Why do
we form civilized societies if not to meet the needs of the people?
Not exact matches
A new U.S. National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence, headed by Milton S. Eisenhower, stated: «Violence on television encourages violent
forms of behavior, and fosters moral and social values about violence in daily life which are unacceptable in a
civilized society.»
Thus a
civilized society does manifest some
form of real individual unity.
A
civilized society is, in the universal hierarchy of social order, simply a particular
form of social creativity made uniquely distinctive by human effort.
In its summary, the Commission stated: «Violence on television encourages violent
forms of behavior, and fosters moral and social values about violence in daily life which are unacceptable in a
civilized society.»
Hence, it is an embattled
form of faith; fundamentalists believe that they are fighting for their own survival, the survival of the religion, and the survival of
civilized society.
That's good news, at least to those of us who believe that emotionally healthy marriages and families
form the foundations of a
civilized society.