There has been an ongoing debate in the circle of social and political scientists whether an organized society should be responsible to serve the individual citizen’s true end‚ i.e.‚ his real needs and rights‚ such as freedom‚ growth‚ peace‚ security‚ privacy‚ etc. Or‚ is it the citizen who is to be held responsible for and made subservient to the society’s needs‚ "in the interest of the common good"? Such "either-or" ideological confrontation is created mainly by doctrinaire philosophers‚ if not
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ROLE OF MEDIA IN SOCIETY The term media is derived from Medium‚ which means carrier or mode. Media denotes an item specifically designed to reach a large audience or viewers. The term was first used with the advent of newspapers and magazines. However‚ with the passage of time‚ the term broadened by the inventions of radio‚ TV‚ cinemas and Internet. In the world of today‚ media has become almost as necessary as food and clothing. It is true that media is playing an outstanding role in strengthening
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THE ROLE OF SPORT IN SOCIETY Description of the issue The role of sport in society has been debated for many decades. Sport is a part of society as both an educational fixture and an entertainment enterprise. Sport forms part of human and social development; it can contribute to social cohesion‚ tolerance and integration and is an effective channel for physical and socio-economic development. As a universal language‚ sport can be a powerful medium for social and economic change: it can be utilized
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Through the egalitarian reasoning of John Rawls and the act-utilitarianist perspective of J.J.C. Smart‚ I will analyze the concept of justice. In accordance with Rawls‚ I intend to argue that any changes in society that will increase the burden carried by the poorest 5% are unjust‚ even if these changes increase the average level of happiness for the other 95%. With regard to ethics‚ justice is defined as fairness‚ where all situations should be treated alike. For one to exhibit justice‚ one must
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Role of War in Society Stephanie Young Both The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli and Utopia by Thomas Moore examine the role and the importance of war to maintain a strong and successful society. More (via Hythloday) believes that war should be the last option and is not needed in a safe and happy government without the help of auxiliaries and mercenaries while on the other hand‚ Machiavelli believes that war plays a crucial war in a prosperous and thriving society using other troops
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are the real wealth of a nation. Students play a vital role in the society. They are the guardians of freedom‚ justice‚ equality‚ ethics and social equilibrium. They have tremendous responsibility to see that injustice‚ inequality‚ oppression; exploitation‚ corruption‚ misuse of public money etc. are done away with. Communalism‚ religious strife‚ regionalism‚ militancy‚ criminalisation of politics‚ indiscipline in society etc. which characterise the Indian horizon and throttle our national
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Asses the view that gender roles and relationships have become more equal in modern family life Gender roles in modern family life have undergone colossal changes throughout the last 55 years or so; rights for women‚ divorce laws‚ and many other changes in the law that are constantly shifting the female position from homemaker to breadwinner. There are many things that are starting to balance these conjugal roles between men and women‚ but there are some people‚ such as radical
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Gender roles have a very dominant place in our society. Different families and cultures emphasize different roles for men and women. However‚ masculinity seems to dominate throughout the world. Women’s role in society is always changing but femininity never seems to rise above its masculine counterpart. Gender asymmetry has been a struggle for a long time because of the uncertainty of how we learn such roles. How to act like a boy or a girl is not something biological we are just born with.
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The Roles of Identity in Society Many would argue that social justice is being served when someone says “we are all the same under the skin”. We are not all the same under the skin. Within us are our own senses of identity‚ constructed by our familiar discourses‚ the physical environment and its embedded culture‚ and our individual differences. Our sense of identity accounts for our perceptions of ourselves and how we are positioned by others in terms of culture‚ tradition‚ rituals‚ race‚ family
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Roles of Individuals and Societies The early twentieth century marked a period of rapid industrial and technological change in a society which began to redefine the roles of the individual and society. Max Weber and Sigmund Freud were two revolutionary thinkers of the time who recognized the importance of this relationship and tried to determine whether the power balance between society and the individual was tilted in one particular direction or the other. A world becoming an increasingly complex
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