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    Tradition is important but can become stagnant over time. The quotes discuss how tradition should not be followed blindly or it becomes "dead faith" and leads to decay. While tradition provides security, it also allows unjust practices to continue without change. Sometimes radicals and non-conformists push for changes that are ultimately right and improve society. Not all traditions are worth keeping - those that violate human values need to be changed. Being unconventional can stem from human curiosity to question and innovate, driving progress, but what is considered unconventional depends on social norms and morality.

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    Tradition is important but can become stagnant over time. The quotes discuss how tradition should not be followed blindly or it becomes "dead faith" and leads to decay. While tradition provides security, it also allows unjust practices to continue without change. Sometimes radicals and non-conformists push for changes that are ultimately right and improve society. Not all traditions are worth keeping - those that violate human values need to be changed. Being unconventional can stem from human curiosity to question and innovate, driving progress, but what is considered unconventional depends on social norms and morality.

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    Songcaya, Clark Kevin

    G401

    Instructions
    Read and understand the quotations below. Explain them according to your
    comprehension. Use the guide questions that follow.

    “Tradition is the living faith of dead, traditionalism is the dead faith of the living. And, I
    suppose I should add, it is traditionalism that gives tradition such a bad name."

    - Jaroslave Pelikan, The Vindication of Tradition: The 1983 Jefferson

    “Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure, it is in decay.”

    -Jiddu Krishnamurti

    “Sometimes tradition and habit are just that, comfortable excuses to leave things be,
    even when they are unjust and unworthy. Sometimes – not often, but sometimes – the
    cranks and radicals turn out to be right. Sometimes everyone is wrong.”

    -Matthew Scully, Dominion: The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals, and the Call to
    Mercy

    “Who says that tradition cannot be changed? The traditions which go against the
    human values have to be changed, otherwise it is like a poisonous snake that is
    hanging on our neck to kill us.”
    - Pratibha Ray

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    Questions:

    a. Why do you think people like to reinvent and try new things away from tradition?

    Curiosity is part of human nature. This curiosity made our lives strives for
    innovation and development. Curiosity, the desire that humans have to question
    things, is something that is very unique to our species. It is something that sets
    us apart from other species and makes us unique. It allows us to incite change in
    society and propels our civilization forward. Curiosity is also the reason why
    people do not want to be stagnant with the tradition they are born with. Therefore,
    people always try to reinvent and try new things out of their curiosity.

    b. How do you think being unconventional nowadays is somehow good or bad?

    On my own perspective, being unconventional cannot define as good or bad but


    instead the result of their action for being unconventional adding the factor of social
    norms/topic in morality of the society we live in.

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