The Importance of Practicality in Social Relations

The foundation of social relations is the act of recognition. Recognition is one of the first and seminal events in the development of a baby's ability to interact with the world around her. From recognition comes our sense of proper address of another person. While a set of proper addresses may initially be contigent, time and practicality have made these mannerisms somewhat ubiquitous. In fact it is on practicality that our entire system of social political relations can be reduced to, given the circumstances of culture.