What's your opinion on human dignity and pride Veeky Forums? Is it simply a product of our culture and has no real meaning or value?
What's your opinion on human dignity and pride Veeky Forums...
Luke Nelson
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Luke Thompson
>product of our culture and has no real meaning or value
Elaborate
Adam Bell
I mean that if we were not a 1st world society or whatever we are, then no one would give a shit about the concept or human rights or maintain the whole "Dignity above all" attitude.
Sebastian Moore
Oh, I see. You're asking if it's just a social construct (like race).
The things you mentioned have somewhat nebulous definitions. I don't think we can rule out the possibility that some components of those traits are just social constructs and some components are not.
Personally I don't believe pride is anything more than a social construct. Dignity is somewhat more complex. I think that even if it is a social construct, it may also be a theoretical cultural ideal. This would mean that while it isn't inherent to humans, it may be inherent to human theory about culture.
Nathaniel Walker
>a social construct (like race).
Race is real.
Mason Cook
Yes, but only as a social construct. Once genetics advanced to the point where everyone unanimously decided race was junk science and should be replaced by a more general and robust theory (population genetics) the sociologists decided to salvage it as a social construct because they allege it is important to their theories.
Josiah Bennett
Ah, you mean like "reverse racism".
Asher Johnson
>Is it simply a product of our culture and has no real meaning or value?
>implying our culture isn't real, and has no meaning or value
Stay classy, OP.
Caleb Ward
>>a social construct (like race).
>Race is real.
So is car insurance, but that's a social construct too.
And "race is a social construct" shouldn't be construed as meaning "race=genetic diversity".
The idea is that the divisions between races (who's "white" for instance), is arbitrary and subjective.
That's why nobody can quite agree on who's white, how many sub-sarahan races there are, etc.
Brody Diaz
Wasn't gender itself a social construct as opposed to sex which was not?