Sentences with phrase «social imperative»

The phrase "social imperative" means that something is seen as necessary or important for society as a whole. It refers to actions or ideas that are highly valued and considered essential for the well-being and progress of a community or a group of people. Full definition
Strong city schools are an economic, cultural and social imperative for the future of Monroe County.
Indeed, the elimination of suffering, in a way that would strike people of previous ages as wildly utopian, has become a major social imperative.
He says the city makes a huge contribution and economic and social imperatives mean it should get more power over a number of issues.
«I believe that there are also five key social imperatives facing Australia over the next 20 years.
The success of the GBCSA as an economic and social imperative depends on collaboration, continued Pienaar.
Strong city schools are an economic, cultural and social imperative for the future of Monroe County.
This isn't just a social imperative, but a business opportunity as well.
While the social imperative is clear, so is the business imperative to improve interactions with host communities: companies lose billions each year to community strife.
We also had two highly competent and articulate Reformed theologians (from two different denominations) to call us back to «orthodoxy» and a Mennonite scholar to remind us of the social imperatives of Christian simplicity.
Addams's challenge, says Elshtain, «was to see the family as part of a web of social imperatives and forces without ever losing sight of that one little hand.»
There is also a social imperative to consider.
«This can not be a problem that is swept under the rug — this is an economic and social imperative that is critical to our future.
Garcia added, «It's not just an educational and social imperative.
One of the greatest and most famous of the social imperative films of the pre-Hayes Code 1930's, I Am A Fugitive From A Chain Gang depicts a man's decade long battle to attain the unattainable, peace.
Moreover, he notes, «reducing inequality is not just a social imperative but an economic imperative.»
How does education move from dialogue to action in the context of complex systems and multiple political, economic, and social imperatives?
Also concerning are the potential negative impacts of online ads, at least in their current form, such as shifting attitudes towards veg eating as a personal choice rather than a social imperative.
In both his paintings and paper works, Ofili engages with the intersection of popular culture and high art, as well as history, race, and political and social imperatives.
(a) A burgeoning population pursuing its biological imperative to reproduce and its social imperative to improve its condition, stoked by industry trained to promote ever - increasing consumption as the goal of «life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness»
Their thinking was influenced by the «political and social imperatives» of the day.
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