I agree with concept that culture makes and restricts the human being. It gives us the knowledge of how to be a functional human in that given society. Society teaches culture, language and social behavior; which are all very important in developing a personality and sense of self.
But it also teaches bias and corruption as well. For example our society it has taught things like ethnic bias, and more recently the love and greed of money, self centeredness and instant gratification. To some these traits might not be negative attributes but to me they are. As Aldous Huxley said we must have both “intelligence” and “goodwill”, only with both do I believe a society will thrive. One with out the other leaves a society lacking, intelligence without the want to do good will only breed a mechanical world with no sense of morality. And goodwill with out intelligence leads to mismanagement.
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