Devoir de Philosophie

Idea of progress

Publié le 31/05/2015

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The notion I'm going to deal with is entitled Idea of progress. The idea of progress is usually associated with better living conditions, improvement and modernisation. I will illustrate this notion talking about family matters, and I'll try to answer this question : Has the family structure evolved ?   The traditional family, for most of us, is composed of parents and children, related trought marriage. This view of the family structure began in the fifty's, when the stereotype of the perfect family appeared, the ...

« We can see an homosexual couple who have been together for 9 years and married for 2 years who are raising their twin sons, born from a surrogate mother.

They are like any normal parents. There is an increase of movies and TV shows about gay parents like « Modern families » or « The kids are all rights ». According to an actress, the entertainment is showing what's happening in society, family evolution.

Yet, everyone doesn't agree with that.

Some think it's bad for society to promote homosexuality and gay marriage.   In my point of view, family structure has evolved between the last century and today.

We can see a lot of new family structure like blended families, single parent families or even same sex couples today instead of before where the only family structure was the nuclear family.

Yet, the traditional family stays in minds, and some new family structure like gay parents have not yet been accepted by everybody. The society is more diverse today.. »

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