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KQ: How do personal and societal perspectives affect the conclusions…
KQ: How do personal and societal perspectives affect the conclusions formed by human scientists?
in countries where same-sex marriage was legalized, more people began to accept it as opposed to before it was legalized → the legalization of same sex marriage forced society to now adapt to this new law and be accepting of it
Religion. As a community: More religious countries (Middle Eastern/African nations) have less tolerant attitudes - same-sex rights are minimal. Contrastingly, Western European countries (which have relatively low levels of religious beliefs) have much more accepting attitudes - gay sex is legal in all European countries.
Could be related to how religions have different values and norms
Perspective: Human behaviour is determined by so many factors; religion, economic development, democracy, that studying it would be very subjective. Perspectives are involved when studying any individual or society.
other factors include media representation (e.g. elen dgeneres on TV), laws formed as propaganda by political leaders with their own political agenda (e.g. the Bruiei thing)
Referring to Plato's "World of Forms", all humans have preconceived notions about all objects, both abstract (e.g. justice, love) and real (e.g. laptops, books). What this means is that we all have a certain bias which is culminated through our experiences through first and third person means (referring to John Locke who states "No Man's knowledge can go beyond experience") and therefore when a certain conclusion is reached it is always in some form or the other biased therefore any conclusion that is reached, once popularised, this conclusion would be forced upon a human which in this case is that there is an ideal form of love that we have perceived. Therefore the conclusions of an individual have the potential to change the way that we live our lives through the means of the law which are instilled from a point of power (both communal and governmental). On the other hand with the use of the process known as research we can scrutinise bias of both the researcher and the receptor because through the process the researcher is able to gain knowledge through both forms of sources, primary and secondary, providing clarity to the researcher.
“Many people who oppose same-sex marriage are uncomfortable with casual sex and feel threatened by sexual promiscuity,” said David Pinsof, a UCLA graduate student of psychology and lead author of the study.
Democracy plays a role in people accepting same sex marriage . Countries where long term democracy is present gay couples are more likely to be accepted than in countries who were former communist nations such as Russia. When people have principles like equality, fairness, and the right to protest are more likely to form part of the actions of government and residents, which gives them the power to voice their opinion.
Media tends to influence many people's decisions and thought processes, if it is portrayed positively in the media then it will also be received positively.
Interpretations of religion: Example- Catholicism and Jehovah's Witness. The part of the community that identifies as a Jehovah's witness also study the bible but interpret everything mentioned very literally. Though even in Catholicism, same sex marriage is frowned upon, personal beliefs and societal perspectives have influenced the point of view of many catholics and have allowed approximately 57% of them to be in support of same sex marriage. According to this same study, only 14% of the population of Jehovah's Witnesses have been favourable towards same sex marriage and homosexuality. The more strict and literal interpretation of the Bible affects their perspective on same sex marriage.
TOK CONCEPTS TO HELP WITH YOUR DISCUSSION
Evidence, Certainty, Truth, Interpretation, Power, Justification, Explanation, Objectivity, Perspective, Culture, Values and Responsibility
Task-related Guidance
Why are same-sex relationships supported within some countries, and opposed in others? To what extent is evidence necessary rather than, our assumptions in order to make a judgement?
Does (and should) possessing this evidence lead to a resolution of an issue?
Finally, as the article asks, does new knowledge matter if it confirms something you already knew?
How do our perspectives and biases shape the way we understand the human sciences?’ It considers how personal and cultural biases can warp the way knowledge is produced.
When love wins, so does health. The United States Supreme Court ruled this morning that the Constitution guarantees the right to marry to all. Long before this, a number of medical and research societies supported same-sex marriage, based on studies showing that marriage rights are important for LGBT people's health and that the children of same-sex parents fare as well as peers raised by opposite-sex parents. In policy statements, researchers laid out the consensus science for gay marriage. We thought this would be a nice time to review them.
There are several factors the support of the LGBTQ community. These factors are Democracy, Economic development and religion.
For example, a societal factor the type of government affected the support of the LGBTQ community. Compared to democracies, former communist countries are slower to develop tolerance towards the community. This is because democracy leads to equality and fairness. This further shows that human scientists in Russia or Slovenia may be affected during their studies because of their societal values.
Religion is a part of both personal and social perspective and affect the conclusions made by scientists especially due to their religious values which can further impact how they interpret a result of a study.
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