...rminates is the [[moral]] [[nature]] that so early gives [[origin]] to a [[social]] [[consciousness]]. The first promptings of a child's [[moral]] [[nature]]
...] of religious [[consciousness]], toward [[moral]] [[righteousness]] and [[social]] [[ministry]], rather than [[negatively]], away from [[sin]] and [[guilt]]
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In [[postmodern]] theory, [[semiotics]] begins with the individual building blocks of [[meaning]] ca
== Literary theory ==
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In the [[social sciences]], the subtleties of trust are a subject of ongoing [[research]].
...all the caveat surrounding that method). Trust may be considered a moral [[choice]][, or at least a heuristic, allowing the [[human]] to deal with complexiti
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...ilosopher [[Michel Foucault]] (1926-1984) and [[Jürgen Habermas]]' ''[[The Theory of Communicative Action]]'' (''Theorie des kommunikativen Handelns''). Each
===The social conception of discourse===
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...or the sum virtue with regard to one's relations with others. Aristotle's theory of virtue helped define the excellent man as one who excelled in leading a
.... Philosophers and psychologists expanded humanistic psychology to include social interest, community awareness, and spiritual experiences, further supportin
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The '''sociology of religion''' is primarily the study of the [[practice]s], social [[structure]]s, [[history|historical]] backgrounds, development, universal
...]] may coexist with a decline in the influence of religious authorities on social or [[political]] issues.
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...'' "custom, habit"), a major branch of philosophy, is the study of [[Value theory|value]]s and [[Custom (law)|custom]]s of a person or group. It covers the [
...-realist', such theories may see reality as important in shaping the human choice of ethical values. This could occur indirectly by, for example, the evoluti
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'''Identity''' is a term used throughout the [[Social Sciences|social sciences]] to describe an individual's comprehension of him or herself as a
...ior. The notion of ''identity negotiation'' may arise from the learning of social roles through personal [[experience]]. Identity negotiation is a process in
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...[1527]]), sees power as "a complex strategic situation in a given society [social setting]". Being deeply structural, his concept involves both constraint an
...sely resembles what everyday [[English language|English]]-speakers call "[[Social influence|influence]]", although some authors (like D. Wrong) make a sharp
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...[[John Rawls]], for instance, claims that "Justice is the first virtue of social institutions, as [[truth]] is of systems of thought."
...punishment is forward-looking. Justified by the ability to achieve future social benefits resulting in crime reduction, the moral worth of an action is dete
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'''Empowerment''' refers to increasing the [[spiritual]], [[political]], social or [[economic]] strength of [[individuals]] and [[communities]]. It often i
Sociological empowerment often addresses members of [[groups]] that social discrimination have excluded from decision-making processes through - for e
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...f the world. They diverge from the [[arts]] and [[humanities]] in that the social sciences tend to emphasize the use of the [[scientific method]] in the stud
...thodology. Examples of boundary blurring include emerging disciplines like social studies of [[medicine]], [[neuropsychology]], [[bioeconomics]] and the hist
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...me of which have evolved historically, and continue to shift with time and social context. Some other characteristics used to define a 'person' include [[per
...[[medicine]], [[ethics]], [[economic]] and [[Political science|political]] theory, [[human rights]], and [[animal rights]].
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...[[group]] or social network. In this way, personal fears are compounded by social influence to become [[mass hysteria]].
...hobia]]. Terror may overwhelm a person to the point of making irrational [[choice]]s and atypical [[behavior]]. Paranoia is a term used to describe a psychos
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*[[social sciences]], which study [[human behavior]] and [[society|societies]].
...escribing how things work (natural sciences) and how people think and act (social sciences).
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The term implies a social contract on establishing and maintaining ownership in relation to such item
...of shared assets that could be spent for social purposes, or preserved for social purposes. Wealth may have been collective.
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*[[Social Sciences]], which study [[human behavior]] and [[society|societies]].
...escribing how things work (natural sciences) and how people think and act (social sciences).
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...d the master of Evil. They were the great intermediaries through which the choice of one side or the other had to pass; they controlled the paths to salvatio
...kquote>Theory becomes a material force once it has got hold of the masses. Theory is capable of getting hold of men once it demonstrates its truth with regar
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...re they come from. The Galilean proposition in support of the Copernican [[theory]], that the sun is the center of the solar system is one that states the fa
In ethics, [[Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought|political theory]], and the [[The Arts|arts]], reality is often contrasted with what is "[[i
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...cause it extends their spontaneous creativity. "Revolutionary" ideology is theory which has been recuperated by the authorities. Words exist as the frontier
...stimate the power of the misbegotten dichotomy between thought and action, theory and practice, real and imaginary... these ideas are forces of organisation.
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