Sentences with phrase «societal beliefs in»

The United States have many laws and societal beliefs in place that prevent this type of thing.

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In doing so, he adopted the belief of many industry activists that plastic waste is within our power to regulate and that we can address the lack of knowledge, poor waste management procedures, and societal neglect.

Gorsuch has said that if judges factor in personal beliefs, societal changes or calculations about maximizing social welfare, they risk becoming «little more than politicians with robes.»

AAthiest — how is your «societal obligation to curb irrational thinking» (your beliefs no God) different from a religious person's «societal obligation'to «proselytize» (their belief in God)?

«it was only when religious belief was removed from the realm of «fact» to that of «value», about which individuals were free to differ, that a societal system could evolve in which a multiplicity of denominations could exist side by side and have equal rights.»

As a white, middle - class woman living in California, rarely have I faced real pain as a result of complex systems, and strongly held societal, cultural or political traditions and beliefs.

1) We're highly evolved primates 2) We have overactive imaginations 3) Our greatest evolutionary asset, our large and highly-folded brains, are also responsible for an insatiable curiosity 4) As a species, and a survival tactic, we make things up to comfort ourselves in difficult times 5) As a complex societal species, we create commonalities and «traditions» with others in our clan / tribe / community 6) These «traditions» result in security, trust, and strong relationships that make the collective more able to survive than the individual 7) These common beliefs also act as a means of numbing the brain to questions and concerns without legitimate or tangible answers 8) Religion is simply a survival mechanism 9) When we die, we simple «are not alive» anymore.

On this usage, if undifferentiated societies fight wars, religion is in fact involved in those wars precisely as a marker of societal identity, whether specific references to beliefs are invoked or not.

And you are aware that «in general, higher rates of belief in and worship of a creator correlate with higher rates of homicide, juvenile and early adult mortality, STD infection rates, teen pregnancy, and abortion in the prosperous democracies» (Cross-National Correlations of Quantifiable Societal Health with Popular Religiosity and Secularism in the Prosperous Democracies, 2005)

Because this kind of thinking sees the individual in relation to society, keeping the independence of the actual entity and yet seeing reality as societal and organic, religious beliefs lead to faith, worship and action.

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In fact, an American Academy of Family Physicians guide to treating female sexual dysfunction notes that «sexuality incorporates family, societal, and religious beliefs, and is altered with aging, health status, and personal experience.

By honoring the biomechanical design of your body and using it the way nature intended - minimizing sitting and avoid wearing positive heeled shoes (read about what high heels do to your uterus here), moving in alignment and changing our societal beliefs about how women should sit and walk (tailbone tucked, feet close together - you know, «like a lady»).

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of transcendent filmmaking in the The Lost City of Z and A Ghost Story, it was the age of foolish Spider - Man remakes / reboots / regurgitations, it was the epoch of a magnificent enquiry into belief by the evergreen Martin Scorsese, it was the epoch of the incredulous return of Mel Gibson in a box office hit, it was the season of Michael Haneke shining a light on our uncaring societal malaise, it was the season of manifold more people watching Baywatch, it was the spring of Aki Kaurismäki's warm - hearted but politically pressing The Other Side of Hope, it was the winter of despair at the box office results of masterpieces like Certain Women, Aquarius and The Death of Louis XIV, we had Yorgos Lanthimos» Kubrickian masterpiece before us, we had a new Kingsman film before us, we were all going direct to cinematic Heaven, we were all going direct the other way.

Most importantly, though, I saw a community of students that shared a common belief — the belief in the power of education to solve most societal problems and the power of their individual contributions to make this happen.

A: Societal beliefs about mathematics, the rote, skills and procedural focus of the curriculum in schools, and the preparation of our teachers are three factors to blame.

How do children learn to be honest, respect societal norms, and act in ways consistent with the values, beliefs, and moral principles they claim to hold?

And yes, AK — digging into a stated «warranted» belief in a singular cause for a broad - scale societal phenomenon (such as the supposed «destr [uction] of logical thinking and critical analysis) by asking for definitions and evidence is just nipticking.

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confirmation bias, false beliefs, societal beliefs, religious beliefs and so on do run deep and affect how the mind works across domains in the frontal cortex and in other areas.

It could be argued that in this role, defence lawyers are the most ethical lawyers because they uphold the administration of justice even when societal beliefs are against them.