Thomas notes in his theory of "Definition of the Situation" that, "the child is always born into a group of people among whom all the general types of situation which may arise have already been defined and corresponding rules of conduct developed, and where he has not the slightest chance of making his definitions and following his wishes without interference. ... The central idea in developmental contextualism is that changing, reciprocal relations (or dynamic interactions) between individuals and the multiple contexts within they live compromise the essential process of human development (L...

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Justice, separated virtues among the state and the individual, ensured by a society establishes acceptable characteristics, such as wisdom, courage and moderation, among different classes of the state. Plato urges his psychological belief that every individual soul contains three different parts th...

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It is argued that there will always been need for some form of state in order to maintain law and order due to human nature. ... Anarchists view human nature in highly optimistic terms. ... Bakunin said that "social solidarity is the first human law, freedom is the second." ... Anarchists argue that anarchism is not a unrealistic ideology as humans are individuals in which seek to help others in a collective manner, however, these views on human nature are unrealistic. ... As a result, individuals would learn to cooperate with each other in a way that everyone is able to benefit from the fair ...

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Built into it are certain perceptions about human needs and human values. In a way, each ideological system is an effort to balance human needs and attempts to respond to them." ... Free enterprise People have the right to choose their own work business, or profession, and to conduct it with a minimum of government regulation or interference. 2. ... However, for this to work there should be limits on defining which land, and ideas can be private property and on reducing human labor and human health to commodities. ... Industrialization, a process by which human beings create machines to a...

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Under this approach, any taxation for reasons other than policing the free market would be considered to be an unethical interference in the economy. ... Likely not, even though there would still be a heavy cost to bear externalised by the company to the members of the community (both ecological and human). ...

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For example, the notion of a "free market,"" an economic system that operates by its own principles without political interference, is considered to be a mythical condition that never has existed. ... Marx believed that the process of economic production was fundamental to social life, for three reasons: 1) it is in the process of production that humans come to grips with their environments (extracting resources); 2) the production process forces humans to create extensive social relationships of cooperation; and 3) all value is created in the process of production. He reasoned that n...

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"Wealth was an inferior object; but what glory would attend the discovery, if I could banish disease from the human frame and render a man invulnerable to any but a violent death!" ... The French revolution embraced the human right to three main ideologies: liberty, equality and fraternity. ...

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We are now living in an age of increased life expectancy, better access to health care, social services, technology, mobility, and far more human rights and freedoms than ever before. ... Outsiders not belonging to the family were viewed with suspicion, and any interference from them in family matters would lead to much resentment towards them. ...

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However often contradicted through our own human err of bias perception, the works of great thinkers such as Rousseau, Montesquieu, and Locke have provided a pivotal influence on societal values. ... No longer was human comprehension run by the mystical and supernatural once the rational version of comprehension proved much more convincing. ... Certain aspects of seventeenth century philosophy left room for human err, such as the easily influenced mind and its ability to misrepresent information, beside the already prevalent social tension amongst classes of the time that would have a eruptive...

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