Society can limit the ways in which people express their identity and seek to fulfill their potential. Our identity is shaped by positive and negative experiences. It is also a self-representation of our interest, relationships, socially activity and numerous other factors. Our sense of identity also stems very closely from our sense of belonging and how we relate to something or someone. However, the society or the occupants of the place we reside in have an underlying impact on how we express ourselves and fulfill our potential. Society defines the right and wrong for us, thereby limiting the choices we have to express ourselves.
Most people have a basic understanding of obedience; however, many may fail to see the application and the impact of it in their own lives and in our society. Submission into conformity discourages the type of independence that is valued in our supposedly free-thinking world. Censorship is one of the major themes in Fahrenheit 451, and its impact is illustrated through submission in appearance, behavior and thought. This invites us to draw clear relationships between Ray Bradbury‘s novel and our current society. The association between appearance and social acceptance is already apparent in our lives.
My belief is to have a aim in life, and work towards it, whether it be a aim in life to work towards, whether it be higher qualifications to better my job prospects or working towards bettering my career path, each is a great belief for me to acheive as this will be beneficial to my children and improve my way of life. While my Values and Beliefs are important to me I appreciate that not everyone values the same qualities. While it has not been an issue in my current position I could say that I may have less empathy or patience for people who are more work shy or don't work to my standard. It is important that i dont allow my beliefs and values to place a strain on my relationships with both colleauges and service users. Working in the Health sector, you are most likely to come accross people with views you dont agree with and some people wont understand your point of view.
• Conclusion • In conclusion, some people should not conclude that having good personal ethics are not necessary in a workplace, and only in your personal life. People need good personal ethicsfor two main reasons. First, good personal ethics are required for a healthy and successful workplace or educational setting. But most importantly, when good ethics are conducted in aworkplace, these personal ethics will also flourish in a personal setting with friends and
“A Doll’s House” Discuss the idea(s) developed by the text creator in your chosen text about the significance of idealism and truth in an individual’s life. Our beliefs and values help shape our identity and how we approach issues. Some of those beliefs and values are a reflection of societal expectations and sometimes they are a complete rejection of those values. The people around us, events, and how we were raised can help shape our identity. This can help determine some of our beliefs whether they are a form of idealism or the truth.
We become accustomed to each of our own cultural traditions that we sometimes forget that we all have different ways of expressing our culture. Gonzalez makes it a point that culture does not just go as far as one’s ethnical background. Culture goes as far beyond as a person’s everyday lifestyles, rituals, and experiences. In our educational system, educators often make the assumption of knowing a student’s knowledge and experience based on their race, ethnicity, or nationality. However, they fail to realize the differences of each student’s culture based on the everyday practices they participate in.
• Equality is about everyone being equal but not necessarily treating everyone the same. For example. At my work, I am encouraged to promote my service user his rights, give him choices and opportunities to live his life in response to his need. And with another service user, I am also encouraged to do the same but the treatment could be different as not everybody has the same abilities to do the same. Some might need more help than others.
In that matter knowledge is what we have achieved or gain from our past experiences. Our knowledge and beliefs are usually being influence by the perception around us, in our culture. Culture is a strong and common belief a society or community has that influences their ethics. Furthermore we do not have to be part of a society in order to have different beliefs because we always are affected by another culture. In that way we sometimes can be independent or dependent of our culture.
A culture is the way of life of a particular society where everyone follows the same norms and values. However, there are some people who step out of these norms and values and become ‘deviant’ in society- these are referred to as subcultures. Subcultural theorists, as Item A states, ‘see crime and deviance as a group activity’, and so try and explain deviance and crime in terms of a subculture of a certain group. However, some say that explaining subcultural crime ad deviance in society today is not useful as it doesn’t consider individuals motives. Cohen, as Item A also states, was interested in ‘what causes members to be attracted to rule breaking.’ He argued that lower working class boys want success and a status, but yet cannot achieve this due to cultural and relative deprivation which ultimately causes educational failure and dead end jobs.
First part I disagree with is where one of the researchers mentioned that “we might not have been taught to be prejudice”, which in my opinion, I think stereotyping and prejudice is a learned behavior. We are not born with racial prejudices, however depending on the environment you were exposed to and the people you were raised around, you tend to think a certain way. For example, if you are born in a family who are racist towards a certain culture, you are most likely to grow up with the same ideas. Another part I disagree with from the article is how the researchers tend to suggest that the men who killed Michael Brown, Darren Wilson, Trayvon Martin, and many more innocent people, were not conscious and may have not been racist at all during the incident. I think this was just a lack of training and stereotyping against these innocent men who were put into a category they did not belong in.