Saturday, October 25, 2008
Intercultural Communication Post
These 3 different premises were very interesting to me. I feel that each one holds true to some very different institutions. I believe in the perfectability premises because I think that we are all born in sin and are capable of becoming better human beings. If we try each day to strong and use control, we can make the right choices. I believe that the church follows this premise because the church believes that we can work each and everyday to become better human beings. I think that the rationality premise is a very straightforward premise, in that it is used and followed everyday by each of us, including our government. It is very true that we are capable of discovering truth through logical analysis, as the book states. An example of this would be our system of laws and how we use trials to find out what is the truth. The mutability premise is something that I do not totally understand. The book says that human behavior is shaped by environmental factors. Is this basically saying that humans are affected by the society and the environment around them? If this is what the mutability factor means, then yes I believe in this as well.
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Hello Lee C,
I enjoyed reading your post this week. I also agreed that the three terms rationality, perfectibility, and mutability are important factors that help shape us as humans and our culture. I liked you example for perfectibility, which showed how church can be an environment that helps individuals became better humans within themself and within their community. I also used the same example for rationality and thought mutability was how you mentioned it in your blog. Overall, these terms relate to how human nature is effected within our own thinking and those of our world.
I hope you had a wonderful weekend!
Thanks,
Blondie
I agree that these three premises are interesting. As you said, each premise really does affect social institutions today. Our law system helps us discover truth through logical analysis. The church is one place that we consider sin and doing good for humanity. I also agree with you and the mutability factor. I, too, think our environment heavily affects humans in society.
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