Are humans fundamentally social animals: to what extent are our emotions, cognitions, behaviours, and experiences determined by others?
Are Humans fundamentally social animals? It is long believed that humans have an automatic social nature and this will naturally be a part of our future and evolutionary history. We wouldn’t have got to where we are now without being social, moreover we wouldn’t have evolved the way we did, or invent many of the things we have if we were not social animals. The telephone, Internet, electricity, were all things invented based on sharing that invention with somebody else. Language and communication was one of the first inventions. Without that need to convey our thoughts, feelings and actions to another, numerous …show more content…
The idea of this is that anything considered taboo; abortion gay marriage death penalty, gun control, national debt is outside of this window. And inside the window is array of ideas that are deemed socially acceptable to talk about. But this window can be moved over time and through great effort. (Marsh, 2016) This has happened very recently with gay marriage. It would have been impossible to believe that gay marriage could be accepted, although, now it is accepted in many countries all over the world. It is believed that SJW’s and their beliefs are holding this window fixed in place, rendering us unable to progress as we have done with gay marriage. Their set ways and ideas are constraining us, keeping us inside of this …show more content…
And we wouldn’t be where we are today without being so. However, it is also possible that by being social animals it can also cause problems for those not wanting to live inside the box. And social media is playing a massive part in keeping us social, at all hours of the day, in the comfort of our own homes, even whilst we are alone. Being social has helped us get to where we are and it was essential for that process to be where we are today. But due to ethical reasons, there are no studies to suggest that we could not survive today without being
Are Humans fundamentally social animals? It is long believed that humans have an automatic social nature and this will naturally be a part of our future and evolutionary history. We wouldn’t have got to where we are now without being social, moreover we wouldn’t have evolved the way we did, or invent many of the things we have if we were not social animals. The telephone, Internet, electricity, were all things invented based on sharing that invention with somebody else. Language and communication was one of the first inventions. Without that need to convey our thoughts, feelings and actions to another, numerous …show more content…
The idea of this is that anything considered taboo; abortion gay marriage death penalty, gun control, national debt is outside of this window. And inside the window is array of ideas that are deemed socially acceptable to talk about. But this window can be moved over time and through great effort. (Marsh, 2016) This has happened very recently with gay marriage. It would have been impossible to believe that gay marriage could be accepted, although, now it is accepted in many countries all over the world. It is believed that SJW’s and their beliefs are holding this window fixed in place, rendering us unable to progress as we have done with gay marriage. Their set ways and ideas are constraining us, keeping us inside of this …show more content…
And we wouldn’t be where we are today without being so. However, it is also possible that by being social animals it can also cause problems for those not wanting to live inside the box. And social media is playing a massive part in keeping us social, at all hours of the day, in the comfort of our own homes, even whilst we are alone. Being social has helped us get to where we are and it was essential for that process to be where we are today. But due to ethical reasons, there are no studies to suggest that we could not survive today without being