Sentences with phrase «product of social forces»

All of these societal phenomena can be studied empirically by the social sciences, without the assumption that religion is entirely a product of social forces or that only social functions are significant.

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It was a transparent attempt to boost interest in the social network, and Google's change of heart now proves that forcing people to use an inferior product is not much of a business strategy.

Its proponents claim that the tradition is dominated by patriarchy and exclusion, the product of oppressive forces linked to geographical location, social class, race, and gender.

It is understandable that the idealistic emphasis on the efficacy of spiritual motives and forces, ideas, and energies in the philosophy and history of the early nineteenth century led to a reaction which urged students of social life and development to concentrate on the opposite viewpoint according to which spiritual developments have to be regarded as products of material conditions (Feuerbach, Marx, Engels, against Hegel).

To ensure our purchases do not contribute to deforestation, loss of biodiversity or social issues such as forced and child labor and human trafficking, Kraft Heinz seeks to procure palm oil products in an ethical, transparent, responsible and sustainable manner.

The absurd irrationality of social and economic systems that despise the living community for the profit of a minority human elite, converting all source of life into market products, has forced us to migrate to distant planets to safeguard human survival.

Such schools educate mainly low - income students, which renders socioeconomic disparities less salient... Because students and teachers need not constantly confront inequalities that are the product of large social forces, the embrace of active acculturation can proceed without apology to beneficiaries or benefactors.

Because students and teachers need not constantly confront inequalities that are the product of larger social forces, the embrace of active acculturation can proceed without apology to beneficiaries or benefactors.

For Shaw, these seemingly mundane artefacts reflect shifting social and political values and the way in which individual Americans are the product of a variety of conflicting forces.

Typically, a jury's decision reflects community values in the resolution of issues, «such as whether a party's actions were reasonable, whether a product's social utility exceeds its risk,... whether a breach of contract should be excused, or whether a police officer's use of force was excessive.»

Others in the group include Julie Daniluk, host of The Healthy Gourmet; social entrepreneur Kelly Drennan, who is dedicated to greening the fashion industry; Rob Grand, owner of Canada's largest green lifestyle retailer, Grassroots Environmental Products; Ryan Wiseman, who has been active in the green / environment movement for 15 years; and Wayne Roberts, who manages the Toronto Food Policy and is a member of Toronto's Environmental Task Force.