Behavior-Cause and Effects
Cause and effect.
There are many circumstances in life that result in positive as well as negative effects. The causes or causative factors that result in certain effects however cannot just be considered from a purely subjective point-of-view. One should also consider the environmental and societal factors that act as causes that affect one's feelings and behaviour in life. A central thesis therefore that will be explored in this paper is that social and environmental factors determine one's life and experiences but that knowledge of the way one's life is affected can be used positively in terms of contentment and satisfaction.
If one thinks in the larger context one has to come to the conclusion that certain social, socio-economic as well as political factors are causative factors in our lives. One could consider as a primary factor in our lives the various social and political structures which result in the categorization of people into classes and social "types."
We also have to consider the nature vs. nurture debate. This includes the view that our lives are shaped and determined to a great degree by our genetic makeup. The extent of genetics as a causative feature in our happiness or otherwise is a point of contention in modern thought: as one researcher in this field states;
Contrary to the argument that genetics determines one's sustainable happiness is the "position that happiness...
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