Sentences with phrase «other human tendencies»

However, there are other human tendencies related to change and crisis not mentioned here which are equally important: skepticism and accommodation.

Economists abstracted this tendency from all the other human tendencies and attributed it to Homo economicus.

Not exact matches

The greater problem seems to be the human tendency to copy others.

It is instead of just another human institution with all the same tendencies as every other institution that is built by to give an elite few power over others for monetary gain.

There is however a human tendency of the righteous to want to see others punished for their wrongdoing.

Despite our perceived» «weakness,» despite the things that would hold us back, despite our human tendencies to fear and to feel insecure — God still uses us to inspire, to lead and to love others.

I consider this an ambiguous gift: on the one hand, postmodern tendencies open up spaces for the new perspectives and voices mentioned above; on the other hand, as the social critic Jane Flax notes, a hard - core kind of postmodernity which would postulate the death of history, of the human being and of metaphysics undermines the kind of critical reason that is necessary to counter the «master narrative» constituted by capitalist globalization.

Our human tendency is to think of justice as «getting even,» as one small boy strikes another and the other strikes back, or as a supposedly mature individual or nation thinks it must give back to enemies either the treatment received or something more severe.

If it is the interaction between man and man which makes possible authentic human existence, it follows that the precondition of such authentic existence is that each overcomes the tendency toward appearance, that each means the other in his personal existence and makes him present as such, and that neither attempts to impose his own truth or view on the other.

What I have particularly in mind is that while there is much talk about taking Jesus as a key to the interpretation of human nature, as it is often phrased, or to the meaning of human life, or to the point of man's existential situation, there is a lamentable tendency to stop there and not to go on to talk about «the world» — by which Miss Emmet meant, I assume, the totality of things including physical nature; in other words the cosmos in its basic structure and its chief dynamic energy.

At the other, in protest against the self - righteous «perfectionism» thus implied, is the current neo-orthodox tendency to stress the continuance of sin in the most saintly Christians, with reluctance to grant any significant moral achievement as the result of redemption lest it savor of human presumption.

Since I really can't see much difference between any other god and God, including his tendency to have very human emotions, I'm inclined to think that even he is an invented deity.

Clearly, the negative reality over which the Nicene ecclesiology sets the confession of the church's «catholicity» is the tendency of all human communities, including religious as well as national, racial, sexual and other communities, to build protective walls against «the outsider,» and so to become parochial, provincial, chauvinistic, narrow.

We humans have a tendency to think of ourselves as different from all other animals, as special, noble and created in the «image of God.»

In a word, a dynamic tendency toward communion with God, and with other creatures in relation to God, lies in the inmost depths of every human being and not only Christians.

In any kind of hard work (especially work that takes place in public and often under considerable pressure), it is our natural human tendency to attend primarily to our own performance, to our own action, to what we ourselves are doing, to how well we are performing — and, perhaps especially, to how other people think we are doing.

There has, instead, been a tendency to see nature as none other than the stage on which the drama of human life is performed.

The tendency of human beings here as in so many other fields is to say not, «What can be done?»

Yet even among those who manifested such tendencies, there was a concern for maintaining the other side of these affirmations; there was an insistence that man is made in the image of God, that Christ is one with his human brethren, and that God is at work in his world here and now.

Further, the narrowly empirical prism through which science views the human condition has a tendency to prioritize the health of the body above all other competing goods.

«In other words the human brain compensates for receiving increased information from a mobile phone conversation by not sending some visual information to the working memory, leading to a tendency to «look at» but not «see» objects by distracted drivers.

Humans and other animals share a heritage of economic tendencies — including cooperation, repayment of favors and resentment at being shortchanged

Thus, says Marshall - Pescini, it seems that as wolves were domesticated, their natural tendency to cooperate shifted from other animals to humans.

Behavior matching that leads to prosocial behaviors toward others may have been one of the mechanisms at the basis of altruistic behavioral tendencies in capuchins and in other primates, including humans.

It's a fundamental human tendency to focus on other people's stable traits and personality when trying to explain their behavior and preferences, but to focus more on situational factors when making sense of one's own behavior and preferences.

The results support the idea that a tendency to avoid individuals who mistreat others is one of the things that make humans different from other species.

Other factors, such as concern for reputation and the benefits of reciprocal friendships, could have consolidated these altruistic tendencies into the prosociality we see in humans today.

We humans have a tendency to relish in the pleasure that comes with blaming others.

History offers us plenty of examples of times in which teachings of higher purpose become overshadowed by very human tendencies — to oppress, to cheat, to dogmatize, to put one's own personally motivated pleasure seeking ahead of others.

The human microbiome, a term that refers to the collective genome of micro-organisms that live within a person's gut, not only influences digestion as one might expect, but can also affect brain function, immunity, tendencies towards insulin resistance, and a host of other factors.

There is a distressing tendency among humans to look at one aspect of a person (such as personal politics) and assign ALL other views to that one observation.

«It also makes sense that older Americans were more likely to rate this quality much higher compared to younger Americans due to the stages of human development, aging process and the tendency for our elderly population to value companionship over other relationship qualities.»

Not that Miller hasn't inserted a few clues beforehand, or that the message (you can't really help others, on an individual or group basis, unless you learn to accept yourself first) IS N'T valuable or valid... but Mumble's hero's journey to to convince us humans to quit depriving them of all the fish necessary for their sustenance is flawed from a basic storytelling rather than a thematic viewpoint; it has a tendency to zigzag from point A to point Q while skipping Points B through P altogether.

And political paranoia — the author's other great talent — is largely restricted to a pair of episodes exploring the human tendency to circle the wagons when faced with even the vaguest concept of an «other» in our midst.

High - profile murders like Ramsey's often provoke gawking, callous media treatment, turning us all into rubberneckers, but Casting JonBenet vigorously works against that tendency, fascinated by our psychological need to judge other people's lives, but also deeply mournful, even respectful, of the very human reasons why we do so.

While the word «formula» is probably more common to us math teachers than those in other subject areas, there is no denying the human tendency to want a simple list of steps to follow in order to achieve a desired result.

In his poem «Revelation,» Robert Frost talks about the tendency of humans to hide their true identity from others while at the same time hoping that someone will find them out.

Wondering just how well you stack up to other traders in the industry is a natural curiosity and a human psychological tendency.

«Retirees in Canada and other developed countries demonstrate a strong tendency to reduce their out - of - pocket spending in real terms starting at around age 70 and accelerating at later ages,» wrote Vettese, chief actuary for the Morneau Shepell human resources firm, which was founded by Morneau's father.

If you bring your pit bull home as a puppy, allowing him to socialize at a young age with other dogs and all human members of your family can help stave off any aggressive tendencies.

The biggest challenge of adopting puppy pairs is their tendency to bond very closely with each other, often to the exclusion of a meaningful relationship with their humans.

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A male cat has the tendency to wander from home, spray urine and become aggressive with other cats (and even humans) when he's on the prowl.

Assesses the general health of the shelter animals on a regular basis for signs of stress, illness, injury, aggressive tendencies (either towards humans or other animals) and abnormal behaviors.

As a result, the definition of the companion animal breed is a breed whose members can not perform any utilitarian function for themselves or their human owners — they're simply too weak to pull their own weight anymore — and they also suffer from a much wider array of painful maladies than their larger cousins; painful and unnatural medical problems like the tendency of certain joints like knees and hips to pop out of their sockets far too easily, among many others.

Often, an animal behaviorist will be called in when an animal is exhibiting tendencies that present a danger to its physical or mental health or to the well being of other companion animals or humans.

Neutering reduces the tendency to be aggressive toward humans and other animals, and it lowers your pet's risk of developing an enlarged prostate and prostatitis.

After 12 weeks, your pup will start to view you as its ultimate human companion and will develop the tendency to protect you from other humans who may cause you harm (even if that isn't the case).

So it doesn't surprise me at all that street dogs in this type of environment would have a strong tendency to be fearful of humans and other animals.

Sterilization also reduces the tendency to be aggressive toward humans and other animals.