Ah, a return to why nothing really matters.
Define: "Society is a human product. Society is an objective reality. Man is a social product." - Peter Berger and Thomas Luckmann
Source: Robbins, S., Chatterjee, P., & Canda, E. (2012). Contemporary human behavior theory: A critical perspective for social work (3rd ed., p. 329). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
Apply: It is up to us to define the life in which we live and to assign value to our lives. Currently, our society values the well-being of the economy of the well-being of other humans; in a recent class, a student commented that material reparations to persons the U.S. has harmed through domestic and international policy would bankrupt our country. As community organizers and very privileged individuals in the U of M system, we must recognize the impact that our country's policies have had on today's landscape of material ownership (cars, land, houses, etc.).
Adapt: This is part of raising the human populations' collective conscious to treat each other, animals, and the world better. This transcends all fields of study and work, becoming a human issue that must be recognized for the continuity of life on earth.
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