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The societal view of dads is that we're bumbling fools,» Steve Dubin tells his all - male audience.
Some stumbling blocks in the breastfeeding relationship that mamas may encounter include the modern
societal view of breasts as solely sexual objects which often leads those in public places, including many churches, to shame mothers into hiding in restrooms or vehicles or at the very least using covers that make breastfeeding far more difficult and clumsy than it needs to be.
Everyone knows divorce sucks, but, according to 2 people with a decent claim on «most brilliant power couple on the planet,» that very unanimity creates
a societal view of divorce that just makes it worse.
In the collection of articles based on lectures in honor of Hartshorne's ninetieth birthday, Nobo unfolds, in reaction to Lewis Ford, how in his opinion Gad is essentially immutable, imperishable and objectifiable.30 In doing this he agrees with Ford's criticism that Hartshorne's
societal view of God does not offer an adequate Whiteheadian solution to the problem of God's objectifiability or prehensibility, but in contrast to Ford he is of the opinion that such a Whiteheadian solution is possible, and that it is even reasonably simple.
Trying to conceive of God» as one actual entity is likely impossible despite several attempts to clarify Whitehead's statements on the subject, 2 but neither has Hartshorne's
societal view of God as a personal nexus been clearly conceived.
And
the societal view of God, it seems to me, can account for the religious intuition of God's faithfulness.
Recognition of the need for an interpenetrative
societal view of the world, perhaps more than any specific philosophical requirement, has led process - thinkers to place their emphasis upon «becoming», as a dynamic movement of development in relationship, rather than upon «being»; here, they insist, is the best «model» for our understanding of God.
Since this view introduces no new divine acts, it furnishes no new argument in favor of adopting
the societal view of God.
The most obvious solution might seem to lie in adopting
the societal view of God, as Brown in fact recommends.
This implies that an unresolved loss of desired birthing or breastfeeding experience may reinforce
societal views of female self - disdain, and comments equating support for female physiology with hate for women.
Through my own experience in the LGBT community, I have concluded that although
the societal views of alternative lifestyles are becoming more open and accepting, we still find ourselves in the position of trying to find happiness in our lives while confronting misconceptions, judgements and misunderstandings about what alternative lifestyles and what LGBT love is all about.
Again, this may suggest that Madden and Lenhart's (2006) conclusions about
societal views of online dating more accurately represent people's real attitudes toward finding romance on the Internet than do the conclusions of scholars such as Anderson (2005) and Wildermuth (2001, 2004) such that — for persons of any age — online daters are no longer viewed in the pejorative terms they once were.
Although other factors may have minor influences... the consequential predictors are opportunity, attitudes that fit
societal views of sexuality... and other adult - like behaviors.»
Not exact matches
I hope to convince J.D. that while I grew up with very liberal, Jewish parents (dad from South America) in California, and in a nuclear family without alcohol or violence, I experienced surprisingly similar parallels to many
of J.D.'s
societal views — even if we may have drawn moderately different conclusions about the underlying solutions.
From a
societal point
of view, this scares me.
Dr. Felt calls attention to a peculiar aspect
of one the arguments used to support the «
societal»
view.
More importantly, for the
societal view as well as for the entitative, the primordial nature is an adjustment
of pure conceptual possibilities, so that although in the former
view there is a temporality to its successive reconstitution, there is no temporality in its valuation.
There is a deep cleavage between those who agree with Whitehead in describing God as a single actual entity, nontemporal in his primordial nature and everlasting in his consequent nature (the «entitative»
view), and those who prefer with Charles Hartshorne to regard God as a personally ordered temporal society
of successive occasions (the «
societal»
view).
Brown writes: «On either
view [the entitative or the
societal],... God's freedom lies in his primordial evaluation
of possibility» (PS 2:145).
«Individuals and groups have strong political and
societal views on this topic, and this program became a lightning rod for many
of those
views.»
For a Whiteheadian and indeed for any process - thinker, any claim for the uniqueness
of Jesus and any notion
of his «finality» would require careful re-statement if they are to be accepted; they would need to be brought into congruity with the general line
of thought appropriate to such a
view of the world as the evolutionary and
societal interpretation would provide.
While certain
societal roles conventionally limited to one or the other gender can and should be challenged, gender itself, as the root
of the word indicates, is determined by our genitals...» West's subsequent
view is that «A de-gendered society is bound to de-generate.»
This paper will examine the arguments on each side, indicate what the
societal view implies about the nature
of...
Proponents
of same - sex marriage hold that
societal change is necessary to treat others as we would like to be treated, regardless
of our
views of morality and sin.
18 Segundo emphasized that any «conception
of God, which [206]
views him solely as some immutable, self - sufficient nature without any real interest in what he himself brought about, is nothing but the rationalization
of our own alienated
societal relationships.»
5) Well - ordered sexual intentions have in
view goods both
of body and
of soul, goods that are at once personal and
societal.
This paper will examine the arguments on each side, indicate what the
societal view implies about the nature
of God, and suggest an additional argument for the
societal view based on the idea
of God's freedom and faithfulness which this
view implies.
This meaning is preserved in the
societal view since the structure
of the primordial nature, its pattern
of ordering, is in each successive divine occasion identical to the abstract pole
of preceding occasions.
Whitehead's statements about the singularity
of the primordial nature, the advocate
of the
societal view may observe in response, can mean two different things.
Now one may observe, by way
of rejoinder, that the loss
of «first - handedness» is not avoided on the
societal view.
If the
societal view is at least as defensible, metaphysically, as its alternative, then the superior adequacy
of the
societal view for our religious experience should be counted as additional evidence in its favor.
The
societal view effects an even more radical change in the process conception
of God's freedom.
Instead
of being
viewed as threats to
societal well - being or as radical departures from past history, such developments are defended as long overdue cultural affirmations which can only benefit America.
With minor variations, they hold
views similar to those
of Brahmabandhab Upadhyay, namely that the Hindu tradition is a samaj dharma or
societal tradition which is open to a variety
of sadhana dharma (s) or spiritual traditions.
Little by little, the atheistic
view of the world mu become a more and more «normal» part
of societal understanding.
And thereby that the conception
of God as one actual entity offers the possibility (and more so than the
societal view) to conceive
of God as efficacious with regard to worldly entities, even with respect to the consequent nature.
Further, the second consequence
of the
societal view is this: according to that
view, God is time and time again briefly indeterminate.
One
of these was A.H. Johnson who was the first to mention the possibility
of a «
societal view,» and thereby elicited an explicitly negative reaction from Whitehead.8 Others who entertain this
view are, mainly, William Christian, Lewis Ford, Marjorie Suchocki, and Jorge Nobo.9 Amongst these, Ford is the only one who links his holding
of the «entitative
view» to an emphasis on the imprehensibility
of God's consequent nature10 (and who later finds this so much
of a problem that he starts searching in other directions, though not in that
of the «
societal view»).11 The other three — Christian, Suchocki, and Nobo — do see possibilities for a conceptually coherent account
of the prehensibility
of God.
If one wishes to retain the «
societal view,» one must also retain the non-reversed polarity
of God, and therefore also the existence
of phases
of indeterminateness in God.
But I think it's important to pass along the rational
view and what it's based on... exactly because I believe striving for more rational thought is a requirement for the (
societal, non-genetic) evolution and progress
of the human race.
The prime difficulty is that a reversal
of poles requires an everlasting concrescence which is incompatible with the succession
of concrescences required by the
societal view.
Many religions, unfortunately, skew the education
of their members to the extent that they are incapable
of viewing their religion in its social context, and therefore do not, and can not, understand the
societal benefit
of the freedomd to grow and change and learn as a society.
It is also interesting to note that, in the not - too - distant past, husbands hitting their wives was also
viewed as not only a
societal norm, but a necessary part
of maintaining a harmonious, successful marriage.
It is also interesting to note that, in the not - too - distant past, husbands hitting their wives was also
viewed as not only a
societal norm, but also a necessary part
of maintaining a harmonious, successful marriage.
Unfortunately, as I have said before in the past, the rest
of the world often holds a strictly binary
view of Africa: we are either failing or we are succeeding, rising to great heights or falling to the lowest depths
of destitution, disease and
societal dysfunction.
In most recent shared
views and writings on human and
societal development, the investment made on other people gives tremendous yields; thus the facts and authenticity
of the book are invaluable.»
While this approach works well in most cases, it is necessary to
view regulatory oversight
of opioid medications differently from that
of other drugs, because these medications can have a number
of consequences not only at the individual level but also at the household and
societal levels.
«Tailoring materials that will absorb a specific color
of light is very difficult from the scientific point
of view, but from the
societal point
of view we are contributing to the development
of a technology that can help reduce greenhouse gases.»
These are ecological functions that we are beginning to discover, and a revised
view of chloride is also interesting from a
societal perspective.
«More importantly though, from a
societal point
of view, our methods and findings might help us understand how to approach phenomena such as racism, religious hatred, and gender inequality discrimination, since the methods offer the opportunity for people to experience the world from the perspective
of someone different from themselves.»