Society in general refers to a group of people who have distinctive cultural relations and institutions sharing the same territory. These organised groups of people associate for some specific purpose or on account of some common interest. Usually, they provide protection, security, continuity and a national identity for its members.
Questions tagged [society]
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Why do we value confidence so highly, or at all?
In most Western societies confidence is highly valued as an aspect of someone's personality, and yet it doesn't necessarily indicate anything about that person, their abilities, their personality, their values, it simply indicates their level of…
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How can a group report the same negative experience, relative to others of the same group?
If most people in population report the same negative experience relative to others - what is the source of that experience?
For example, the majority of a student body reported feelings of exclusion and loneliness - but how can that really exist?…
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Is there such thing as enforced symbiosis?
Although this may seem as a trivial question (not a trivial answer) I think to fully understand the question takes some serious thinking.
Here I don't mean symbiosis as just existing near each other, I mean a form of mutualism. Many aquatic species…
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What is the importance of intellectuals in shaping the society and the world?
What is the importance of intellectuals and intellectual thought in influencing the worldviews and beliefs of people, in shaping society and the world?
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philosophy of travel
I try, and practically cannot find works on this subject. I got Alain de Botton´s "The Art of Travel", found Santayana´s early essay, leafed through “The Ethics of Travel” by Sayed Manzurul Islam…
Do you know any other titles?
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Why have we used money when it creates so much inequality in our lives?
I'm not sure if this question fits on this site, but I had this question the other day.
Why have we used money when it creates so much inequality in our lives? Money is nothing more than a concept but it literally changes the way we live. It is the…
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What's the "truth context" of societal philosophies? Can one infer whether some belief/philosophy is true? How?
What's the "truth context" of societal philosophies?
Such as political philosophies (and ideas of ideal societies etc.) put forward by:
Hobbes
Locke
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And "practiced" by people.
By truth context I mean a context of concepts, measures etc. that…
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Is it impossible to create a truly secular society?
A secular society is one which treats all religion equally. However there is a religion which believes in converting other religions to its faith.
Therefore is it true that it is impossible to create a truly secular society ?
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Examples of rock, paper, scissors in society?
Are there documented cases of the rock, paper, scissors in ideologies in today's society?
What got me thinking was I noticed that:
The Alt-Right march against Radical Islamists.
Radical Islamists march against Liberals/LGBTQ.
The Liberals/LGBTQ…
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The position of "meaning derived from action"
What is the position called, where one judges a meaning or value of a concept by what can be done with it?
For exmaple if one takes the position, that the question if there is free will or not is pretty much meaningless, because even if I suddently…
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