There was once no rules at all, before this world had cities or cars. Then small tribes began to appear, and from that day on, social rules appeared, the tribes that first found out that waste from our humans should be at an appropriate distance from where they live survived and populated. Natrually, there were leaders who took charge and prevented mayhem. As time went on, the ethical and social rules doubled and tripled, there was more to follow, more to learn.
How do we become conscious of the ethical and social rules in our societies?
There are so many ethical and social rules that we can never learn them all in a lifetime. We learn many of the most basic ones at home, from parents or guardians, who wants to best for you. After we have a vague idea of how we should behave in this world, we are starting school, and school takes us to another level or learning. At home, we learn about things, at school we can actaully experience some of them, and with the help of health class, we learn more about life. As we grow older and wiser, we understand why some things are wrong, and the punishment was not as simple as we thought it to be. All this talk about learning doesn't seem to say anything at all. So, in conclusion: We learn the ethical and social rules from everyone, doesn't matter who they are, we learn how to treat each other by knowing more people and listening to what they have to say.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
2 comments:
I agree with you when you say we learn things from school, and through experience. I liked your point about how we learn to treat others by listening and getting to know them. Does this mean that we might treat each person different based on what we know about them or the way they are? Are there different ethical and social rules depending for the each and every person?
Excellent. I like your more condensed (shorter) presentation, and as usual, your ideas are really neat. You also point out that society (and the rules we interpret) starts at home.
Post a Comment