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causalityIn philosophy, a consideration of the connection between cause and effect, usually referred to as the ‘causal relationship’. If an event is assumed to have a cause, two important questions arise: what is the relationship between cause and effect, and must it follow that every event is caused? The Scottish philosopher David Hume considered these questions to be, in principle, unanswerable. |
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More so when death comes quickly, as in the case of a fatal accident or a casualty of war, questions abound regarding decisions made, degrees of control, and the nature of causality. McNair underscores the causality connection between unfettered individualism and divorce, the deleterious impact of television and movies upon family life, issues of discipline, self-esteem, suicide, homework, sexual abuse, homosexuality, and the many stresses and demands placed upon contemporary families by the broader culture. Kern has produced a cultural history of causality that dramatically understates the causal role of culture. |
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