Individualism refers to the idea that each person is unique and independent, with the freedom to make their own choices and decisions. It emphasizes the importance of individual rights, self-reliance, and personal freedom.
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This teaching is as fully based
on individualism as is the assumption that self - interest reigns.
It has probably exacerbated some of the problems associated
with individualism in American society, but at the same time it has tried to encourage people to care more deeply for others.
There are some curious convergences in the trendy left and seemingly traditionalist forms of French envy, beginning with exaggerations — really, caricatures — of
American individualism as it exists right now in our relatively unsophisticated heartland.
It described the four «technical inventions» that played such a vital role in the birth of a respect
for Individualism at the time of the Renaissance and the launch of Science as a means for understanding the natural world.
Throughout the address Reagan's moral emphasis remains on the negative liberty of modern
individualism as it derives from and applies to our economic activities, not on republican justice or biblical authority.
It is here that radical egalitarianism reinforces
radical individualism in supporting the abortion right.
The increasing dominance of
utilitarian individualism expressed not only in the corruption of religion but also in the rising prestige of science, technology and bureaucratic organization.
The Catholic understands this concept of the solitary conscience very well, provided it is not contaminated by
modern individualism which diminishes man's stature and is, indeed, no longer regarded as his permanent inheritance.
But they might be understood to a limited extent to agree with TR that the birth dearth is a kind of spiritual crisis caused
by individualism run amok.
Of particular interest here is the relatively recent changes in values reported for Hong Kong, increasing
individualism which contradicts with the traditional image of Chinese culture (Cho, Mallinckrodt, & Yune, 2010).
We had been led, because of our peculiar history, to associate manliness, sport and
economic individualism with a system that had failed us as individuals, a system that was in every identifiable sense bankrupt.
Pesch and his Jesuit successors developed the idea of «solidarism,» by which they intended «a mean
between individualism and socialism.»
from individualism in religion and society to corporate existence; from spiritual and economic selfishness to the truth of the community and of the world which God loves; from rigid doctrines of private property to the original purposes for which God gave his earth to his human family; from privatization of life to Trinitarian communion; from ritual preoccupations to pursuit of justice; from law to grace and from sacrifices to mercy.
But because the homogenizing worldview of
liberal individualism exalts individual autonomy over all standards outside the will, adherents regard with suspicion all communities based on non-individualist assumptions, especially those such as marriage, family, and even the gathered church which are not obviously reducible to private contract.
The increasing numbers of single adults may be explicable by a change in values
toward individualism, independency, and opting for a career (Federal Statistical Office Germany, 2012a).
The mindset that would impose the orthodoxy of
secular individualism on everyone is also at work in the protest against Judge Thomas» statements on «natural law.»
Interstate 60 definitely does hold your interest with lots of amusing observations on society, as well as some smart musings on
individualism vs. being part of the crowd.
The American penchant for
expressive individualism means that most conservative religious parents often place a higher priority on the unique qualities of individual children and the prerogatives of parental choice than on church dogma.
Funny how a country all
about individualism have such a singular vision of the «American Dream».
And Tocqueville explains that the emptying out of the real contents of life through
excessive individualism makes people easy prey for such despotism.
The main stance of the Catholic Church, for example, was not so much proslavery as anti-abolitionism, because the church associated abolitionism with
extreme individualism.»
«We found evidence of
rising individualism in concert with growing urbanism, increasing wealth and higher levels of formal education,» Greenfield said.
But that is merely a bias
against individualism; certainly the various Native American tribes were competitive enough when it came to protecting game lands from other tribes.
There is no doubt that capitalism
encourages individualism, where the few people enjoy the wealth created by the majority and this justifies the point that 20 % fighters enjoy the wealth laboured and created by the 80 % non-fighters.
While this product may be an extreme example, it points to the profound influence of
Western individualism on our reading of the biblical text.
Though Teilhard offered no political blueprint, his entire philosophy of convergence and his aversion to
bourgeois individualism undoubtedly favored some form of socialism.
Because a deficiency in the English language, combined with an already - present tendency
towards individualism, has created an unhealthy distortion of the Christian faith.
For us as Americans, Locke's ambiguity may have been fortunate, for it allowed biblical Christianity and classical republicanism to coexist with what we might call radical liberalism, that is, secular
atomistic individualism.
George Rupp is Chair of the International Baccalaureate board of governors, is former President of Rice University, Columbia University, and the International Rescue Committee, and is author of the book
Beyond Individualism: The Challenge of Inclusive Communities (CU Press).
In the words of Christopher Lasch, «the culture of
competitive individualism with its focus on external achievement has been replaced by The Culture of Narcissism with its focus on internal accomplishment.»
In denying that our morality is affected by the actions (not to say sins) of others, Pelagianism represents moral
individualism gone mad.
The study, which looked at various cultural indicators — including word usage in books, trends in baby names, and shifts in family structure — suggests that a shift toward
greater individualism is systematically correlated with socioeconomic trends, but not with trends in urbanization or environmental demands such as frequency of diseases or disasters.
Such a reality would be «nothing more than
romantic individualism dressed up in ecological garb, locking us into a stifling immanence» (119).
In this way the unmasking of utilitarian
individualism led to the very condition from which Hobbes sought to save us — the war of all against all.
Those in our age who refuse to believe in an alternative between
unbridled individualism and egalitarian collectivism will understand him.
Ms. Jean talked about the importance of maintaining
individualism while in law school and encouraged the students to use their personal and professional voices to speak out against injustice throughout the remainder of their legal careers.
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