Traditions are about the past and innovation is about the future, and it has been argued that we need to let go of traditions for the sake of progress. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this? What role should traditions have in our lives? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience. You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.

Traditions

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have a very important role in defining the culture of a society. Some people argue that

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traditions

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sometimes hinder

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progress, and they should be given up for promoting innovation.

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in our lives. Today's world is different, we are seeing an unimaginable surge of innovation and new scientific discoveries

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. Most of these inventions are a result of

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thinking, which sometimes

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refuting the already established

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. Many scientists in the past have faced

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or even death sentences for going against the morals of the church, had they not let go

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traditions

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to innovate new things, we would have still been living in the stone age. Some people think that we should innovate within the boundaries of what they consider to be permissible. In some cultures, killing animals is considered immoral and they rightfully question the unfair treatment of

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towards other animals for the purpose of medical research. I opine that

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to make a change sometimes you need to redefine the narratives of already established institutions. Had we not opposed

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cultural malpractices like Sati, child marriage, racial discrimination, etc., we would not have been so successful in building a peaceful and more just world. But

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does not mean that we should let go

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tradition completely, we could always pick the positives from it and let them define us as a community.