Beyond our close relationships with family or relatives, a cohesive community gives our lives richness. From an evolutionary standpoint, people needed to be part of groups in order to survive, making it a “fundamental human motivation” (Baumeister). Through community, we conform to a certain set of behaviors that are deemed acceptable. We understand how we wish to be treated, and in turn through the powers of empathy and social conscience, we learn how to treat others. Without the socialization that community provides, we have a gap in social understanding. Our ideas are scarcely original, resembling more a compilation of our past experiences and other people’s ideas. Common beliefs are established in communities. These beliefs, whether spiritual or academic, drive communication on a deeper level. Established institutions such as education and government present us with experiences to make us more socially cognitive. Educational systems provide a foundation for basic socialization from a young age, teaching us how to act and how other people think. Government unites us under a singular social contract, obligating us to respect the natural rights of our
Beyond our close relationships with family or relatives, a cohesive community gives our lives richness. From an evolutionary standpoint, people needed to be part of groups in order to survive, making it a “fundamental human motivation” (Baumeister). Through community, we conform to a certain set of behaviors that are deemed acceptable. We understand how we wish to be treated, and in turn through the powers of empathy and social conscience, we learn how to treat others. Without the socialization that community provides, we have a gap in social understanding. Our ideas are scarcely original, resembling more a compilation of our past experiences and other people’s ideas. Common beliefs are established in communities. These beliefs, whether spiritual or academic, drive communication on a deeper level. Established institutions such as education and government present us with experiences to make us more socially cognitive. Educational systems provide a foundation for basic socialization from a young age, teaching us how to act and how other people think. Government unites us under a singular social contract, obligating us to respect the natural rights of our