Understanding Key Societal Concepts and Terms
Key Societal Concepts and Their Meanings
Passion
Passion refers to actions driven by a strong liking or inclination towards something. It’s led by the heart, not the brain.
Habit
A habit is doing something consistently and without effort. Habits are neither inherently good nor bad; they are based on agreements we have with our own reality.
Sovereignty
Sovereignty is the absolute and perpetual power of a republic, encompassing the power to make and decide laws.
Education
Education is a set of social practices aimed at socializing individuals by teaching knowledge. A school fair represents equal opportunities for all citizens.
Moral Judgment
Moral Judgment: Human development, described as a sequence of periods, implies qualitative differences in thinking.
Socialization Process
The socialization process allows culture to be incorporated into an integrated society, enabling individuals to achieve their own development. Adaptation occurs at different levels for all individuals.
Citizenship
Citizenship is a condition granting people rights and guarantees within their community and state. It is linked to human dignity and requires that differences in socialization do not impose a particular form of state. It seeks to train people capable of critical thinking. Citizenship means much more than casting a vote; it is about defending and transforming the places of power that people can fill in the institutions they participate in.
People
Being “people” means being decent, and there are material conditions that enable individuals to improve their quality of life and personal circumstances. Ways of thinking change with people, and their moral awareness grows. There are different levels of thinking.
There are four ways of socializing: tribal, slave, feudal, and modern. Meeting social institutions involves training people and ensuring everyone is socially formed with the rest.
Morality
Moral comes from the Latin “moralis.” Cicero translated the word “etiket.”
Ethics
Ethics comes from the Greek word “ethes,” meaning “customary use.” Cicero translated this word as “we.” Ethics is the branch of philosophy that deals with two issues: 1) pairing and location with moral rules, and 2) values and ideals of life.
Status
Status is a political concept referring to a form of social and political organization with sovereignty. It consists of central institutions that have the power to regulate life.
Nation
Nation has two exceptions: the political nation and the cultural nation. “Nation” is used with several meanings: state, country, territory, or habitat. Of these, the other is ethnic people.
People (Revisited)
People: All people of a nation can be understood as part of a country, region, or locality. Its definition is complex and can be understood as an expression of ethnic identification, such as primitive, indigenous, or Old Town people.
Virtue
Virtue is a quality that enables its possessor to make and carry out decisions accurately in adverse situations. The virtuous person is on the way to being wise. It is considered a positive quality and is opposed to vices.
Ability
Ability is the degree of competence in a particular subject, compared to a given target.
Love
Love is a universal concept concerning the affinity between people. It is interpreted as a feeling associated with affection and appreciation, producing a range of emotions.