To begin with, both Jackson and Ellison successfully convey the immoral aspects of human behavior when dealing with the effects of tradition. To illustrate, one's indifference to others misfortunes shamelessly reveals the reality of tradition and its influence over human behavior. ... To look at a white woman with clothing on was not acceptable for them and they are filled with embarrassment at having witnessed and reacted sexually to it. ... The men laugh and make the narrator correct this phrase with more acceptable words of "social responsibility." ... The objection of replacing t...

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Religion is a part of individual life but also of group dynamics, and includes patterns of behavior, language and thought. ... Moreover, the geographic, rather than ideological, basis of the religion (the fact that it comprises whatever all the people of India have believed and done) has given Hinduism the character of a social and doctrinal system that extends to every aspect of human life. ... Christianity and Hinduism are quite different in regards to their beliefs but above these differences they are both seen as formal as they firmly set out what is acceptable, what is not, how one should...

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The beliefs and values people hold concerning the physical and social world are essential to self-definition and social interaction. ... Behavior and personality traits of adults are simply extensions of their childhood experiences. ... This is a very accurate saying when it comes to psychology because it has been proven that a person will try to fulfill his or her same childhood desires in adulthood in a way that is acceptable by his or her society and culture. Therefore, childhood experiences do not only affect adulthood but they can be used to provide a vivid depiction of their personality ...

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Religious beliefs are symbolic expressions of social realities without which religious beliefs have no meaning. ... Ultimately, concluding that religious experiences are socially constructed notions. ... For instance, Weber attributes the rise of Western capitalism to the arrival of specifically Protestant religious ideas and behaviors in the seventeenth century. ... By doing so, he provides a deeper understanding of religion and how it causes behavior changes. ... Weber focused mostly on the Catholics and Protestant religion and how it invoked social and economic changes. ...

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According to Oxford Dictionary, morals are defined as a person's standards of behavior or beliefs concerning what is and is not acceptable for them to do. ... They stem from the individual, their experiences, and are influenced by culture, time period, context and social norms. ... We as humans are social creatures, much like apes or lions (who don't follow religious guidelines) we have a basic understating of what is right and wrong, an example of this provided by Mr. ... Many animal species, like the lions, follow a social code- one that they have created without a holy book. ... I...

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The anthropology of religion involves the study of religious institutions in relation to other social institutions; comparing religious beliefs, doctirnes and practices across different cultures. ... We learn how to act in the way that is favorable to cultural expectations that is socially acceptable by these moral agencies. ... Religion or religious conviction forms social and cultural patterns for individuals, and this can vary between cultures. ... Adult behavior is "culturally patterned" from childhood experiences influencing the individual's personality as an adult, and...

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Another reason to declare blasphemy as a crime is to create social harmony[CITATION Fre13 l 1055 ]. ... On the other hand, blasphemy is a case, which creates a dilemma between criticism and social cohesion. ... On the other hand, people have the right not to be exposed to prejudiced behaviors and expressions. ... Alongside to the limitation to freedom of speech, blasphemy laws manage to concede the acceptability of religious violence, although the accusation of blasphemy has frequently manipulated for political purposes[ CITATION Lar12 l 1055 ]. ...

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