When every day is a struggle to survive, when a son is the thing that
a society values most, turning a daughter into a son simply makes sense.
Our biggest architectural accomplishments are highly visible symbols of what
society values most, and those values have changed over time.
When asked in an open - ended question what traits
society values most in men and women, the differences were also striking.
Far fewer cite these as examples of what
society values most in women.
Not exact matches
If the majority of people fall further and further behind — while others in
society become unbelievably rich — the notion that the
most important
value in a country is its citizens having the ability to select their leaders will lose sway.
Liberal humanism sees the individual's feelings, rights and
values as
society's
most important watermark.
While pensions are not nearly as common as they once were, they are a very important part of the retirement plans for many of
society's
most valued workers: teachers, police officers, fire fighters and more!
The Odyssey Network reports that «LDS Democrats, many of whom were formerly Republican, say the Democratic Party now best represents their core
values, including caring for the
most vulnerable in
society.»
The
most unsettling part of this book is Le Rider's gentle hint throughout that when the Viennese modernists hurled themselves against the norms and
values of their
society, they were chafing against mere gossamer chains and bridles of cotton.
But it is with regard to money and property that the apparent
values of our
society most obviously conflict with the
values of Christianity.
The Community of Christians would bring together the
most fertile minds from various fields for the express purpose of defining Christian
values for
society at large.
The manifold forms through which
society's
most essential
values are communicated are not, therefore, of secondary importance.
Le Goff's championing of urbanism and the medieval city was a manifestation of the republican
values he inherited while his singling out Christianity as the single
most important source of medieval
society evinced a deep Catholic impulse.
«We live in one of the
most affluent cultures in history where many of the
values of an increasingly materialistic
society stand in direct conflict with the gospel vision,» they charged.
In
most instances, basic Christian
values were affirmed, and there was some acknowledgment of the positive role of the church in the
society.
This is because these shared
values are a necessary component of
society, even in its
most primitive form.
By economism I mean the conviction that economic
values are the
most important and the restructuring of
society to express that valuation.
In
most things we reflect the
values of our
society.
«For a
society premised on the inherent worth of the individual as its prime
value, the
most disturbing element is the evidence of a growing contempt for human beings.
Most women in Western
Society use contraception, are seeking education, are seeking leadership positions and do not have the same beliefs and
values because they simply have more options now.
I do not think that is going to happen to the same extent because in spite of material progress, religiosity, spirituality and
values remain strong in Asia even in the
most economically progressed
societies.
Clearly we find ourselves living in a
society which through its
most powerful medium communicates a set of
values, assumptions, and worldview which are completely at odds with the religious
values, assumptions and worldview professed by more than 70 % of its citizens.
Further, it has become captive to the commercial broadcasting system and its demands, and the
values implicit in
most of its programs are actually the
values of the secular
society it pretends to reject.
learned peaceful people have been saying for many years that
most muslims and what they are taught is aganist Proper Moral
Values and a peaceful
society, and what they have done is prove these people to be correct.
Allow me to put this in sociological terms (sociology provides a limited but useful «grammar» here): Every human
society has its own corpus of officially accredited wisdom, the beliefs and
values that
most people take for granted as self - evidently true.
These characteristics of the mainstream of general television are significant, because for many years general television has been functioning as a powerful, if not the
most powerful, cultivator of our
society «s over-all
values, attitudes, and behavior.
- Are the
values implicit in
most successful electronic - church programs actually the
values of the secular
society it pretends to reject?
This massive shift has had a devastating effect on the once - deep cultural
values that exerted their force upon
most of
society's institutions —
values of truth, duty, discipline, reading, beauty, family, tradition, justice, among many others.
Second,
society tends for the
most part to judge the fruits of a person's life in the light of its own
values and priorities.
The former believe that the
most important consideration is to nourish a new consciousness —
values, attitudes, goals, commitments, and life styles which will gradually remake
society as the new vision takes hold of crucial segments of the population.
We know that television entertains us, a companion ever ready with the escape and fantasy we sometimes need, but also that it cultivates a mean world full of violence, that its
values and stories demean and dehumanize us, and that its religious impact is the very antithesis of the Christian faith in which
most people in our
society profess to believe.
Today the environment within which
most of us live and work is a media environment, an over-arching web of mediated symbols, processes, stories and
values that surrounds, gives shape to, and interprets
most things we do as individuals and as a
society.
Even in capitalist
societies — which are supposed to know the price of everything and the
value of nothing — it turns out that the
most important things in life are still understood as goods that can not be bought and sold without reducing their
value to zero.
Certainly one of the strongest and
most evocative
values undergirding the belief that a good
society cares for all its members is the religious conviction that each human life has a sacred origin and a sacred destiny.
Puritanism was one of the
most effective forces in colonial America in «mobilizing the general mood» and effectively organizing both ideas and actions in opposition to Crown and Parliament.21 Puritanism had consistently pointed to, preached, and attempted to live out the central
values and beliefs that gave coherence and meaning to Puritan
society.
In a
society that flaunts sex (its pleasures more than its serious hazards, problems and spiritual
values) in all the media, makes it difficult for the young to avoid unwanted pregnancy, and does little to help them with the
most difficult of all problems of self - discipline, we tell young persons that they are murderers if they resort to abortion.
But Creating Shared
Value is more than this, it about identifying the environmental and social challenges where our business and
society intersect, as it is these challenges that we can
most substantively help to address.
He will grow to be the adult in
society who promotes peace and harmony, not discord, because these are the
values and tools imparted in him by his first and
most significant role models: his parents.
In terms of societal
values and tort law, it's interesting that states had abolished those torts while
most people in
society still claim that marriage and family is important and should be protected.
Respect for one's elders in such
societies was one of the
most important
values instilled in children from a very early age.
A moral panic is a widespread fear,
most often an irrational one, that someone or something is a threat to the
values, safety, and interests of a community or
society at large.
In
most societies, the
value of breastmilk is well - known, but the
value of breastfeeding is not.
I would agree, it seems to me that employment is likely to lower the chances of poverty and crime, and modern western
societies have placed a lot of
value on being employed (or working in general, as in being self - employed or even owning and running a business - but
most people still work regular old jobs).
In England and Wales, members of literally dozens of religions from Scientology to Methodism and from all the denominations of Judaism to the Spiritualists and the Aetherius
Society can all have a legal marriage in the place
most special to them, conducted by one who shares their beliefs, and in the form that embodies their
most deeply held beliefs and
values.
Their modern stranglehold on the understanding of freedom means that they have managed to lay claim to one of
society's
most cherished
values.
Not so, Sturgeon took care to say, it's all been costed, but she also went on to say that of course «a fair
society must be paid for», and that it would be «right to consider how our limited tax powers might help us protect what we
value most».
As the government reviews this policy, and detention conditions as a whole, it's vital that politicians of all parties stand up for basic human rights
values, and ensure that some of the
most vulnerable people in
society receive the right protection.
Sullivan said she is
most concerned about the «apparent decline in
society's confidence in science as an enterprise of special
value to
society and of scientists as respected and trustworthy people.»
The book's
most important asset is the author's genuine concern with the
values that ought to help structure the role and the function of universities in a
society where the influence of private markets and their associated materialistic
values is ever more pervasive.
«Webased the price on a number of factors,
most importantly the
value Gardasilbrings to individuals and
society,» says Jennifer Allen, a spokesperson for Merck.