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• Social consciousness
  ...consciousness]] [[shared]] within a [[society]]. It can also be defined as social [[awareness]]; to be aware of the [[problems]] that [[different]] [[societi ==Theory==
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• Mathematical model
  ...meteorology, and electrical engineering) but also in the [[Social Sciences|social science]]s (such as [[economics]], [[psychology]], [[sociology]] and [[poli ...l systems]], [[statistical model]]s, [[differential equations]], or [[Game theory|game theoretic models]]. These and other types of models can overlap, with
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• Agency
  ...nct concept. In sociology, an agent is an [[individual]] engaging with the social [[structure]]; '''''the structure and agency debate''''' concerning the lev ...ns and enact them on the world. How humans come to make decisions, by free choice or other processes, is another issue.
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• Rational
  ...ctive - it exists only when a valid practical syllogism is used. Second, a choice is either rational or it is not - there is no gradation since there is no g ==Rationality in the humanities and social sciences==
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• Political philosophy
  ...hn Rawls] published ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Theory_of_Justice A Theory of Justice]'', political philosophy declined in the Anglo-American [[academ ...ontract]'' and Carole Patemen in her book ''The Sexual Contract'' that the social contract excluded persons of colour and [[women]] respectively.
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• Theory
  ...s]], one used in the empirical [[The Sciences|sciences]] (both natural and social) and the other used in [[philosophy]], [[mathematics]], [[logic]], and acro ...ure]] or discourse is a [[reference]] to a scientific or empirically-based theory.
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• Social
  ...ue, suggesting that it is a [[fuzzy concept]]. An added difficulty is that social attributes or relationships may not be directly observable and visible, and ...ly beyond what an individual can empirically observe in order to grasp the social domain in all its dimensions — connecting, for example, "private trou
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• Social movement
  ...or social issues, in other words, on carrying out, resisting or undoing a social change. ...emporary social movements. However others point out that many of the major social movements of the last hundred years grew up, like the Mau Mau in Kenya, to
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• Cultist
  ...XXII. 360 The cultism of Góngora, the artifice of which lies solely in the choice and arrangement of words. ...o to preposterous lengths. 1934 WEBSTER, Cultism. 1949 R. K. MERTON Social Theory & Struct. (1951) xii. 314 Cultism, informal cliques..these and other techni
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• Commitment
  ...e, esp. in one's literary or artistic [[expression]]; moral seriousness or social responsibility in artistic productions. ...importance, the personal commitments and presuppositions of this and the [[theory]] and [[practice]] of working it out in living.
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• 103:2 Religion and the Individual
  ...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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• Narrative
  In [[postmodern]] theory, [[semiotics]] begins with the individual building blocks of [[meaning]] ca == Literary theory ==
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• Trust
  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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• Discourse
  ...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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• Self Realization
  ...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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• Sociology of religion
  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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• Ethics
  ...'' "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
  '''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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• Power (sociology)
  ...[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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• Justice
  ...[[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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