CHAPTER FOUR: SOCIAL STRUCTURAL THEORIES Chapter Outline I. The Social Structural Tradition a. The task of sociological criminology is to discover why social animals commit antisocial acts b. Social structure: How society is organized by social institutions—the family‚ and educational‚ religious‚ economic‚ and political institutions—and stratified on the basis of various roles and statuses c. Structural theorists are more interested in seeking causes of group crime rates rather than why
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Compare and contrast the utilitarian philosophies of Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill. Which do you think is the more convincing moral theory‚ and why? In terms of Utilitarianism‚ this assignment shall outline the philosophies of Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill. It shall firstly illustrate the ideas of Bentham and then follow on to compare and contrast those of Mill. To continue‚ the assignment will view the failing qualities in both the men’s works. Bentham did leave a great deal unsaid
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Catholic and Protestant Positions on Birth Control Catholic and Protestant Positions on Birth Control Since Pope Paul VI wrote Humanae Vitae in 1968‚ Catholic and Protestant positions on birth control have diverged. The Catholic position remained based in the natural law tradition. However‚ the Protestant position became mired in American class and ethnic politics. Mainline Protestantism generally accepts both birth control and abortion‚ but plenty of exceptions exist
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Relating the pleasures during experiences‚ Mill thinks this method can’t be applied. A better way to arrange his arguments and scrutinize them is dealing with them as overall experiences instead of finding means to value on every instance the particular pleasures. In evaluating pleasures‚ the 5th element is to study the pleasures that result from the specifically human faculties qualitatively higher to those from animal appetites‚ but it’s practically hard to gather proofs. Mill here has 2 categorizations
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An extract from the title Lord of the Flies was amidst the scene where the boys are hunting a sow. While on the literal sense the perception of this extract seems to be just killing a sow‚ this extended metaphor highlights the boys transformation into savagery‚ how its demonstrated is through use of imagery. At this point in the novel‚ the boys have been castaways for an extensive period of time now and with no adults and no females‚ their loss of social order leading to anarchy among the group‚
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invites to overcome the Kantian definition of moral obligation on behalf of his consequentialism. In Chapter II he states that "actions are good or bad insofar as they tend to promote happiness‚ or to produce the reverse of happiness." But this hedonism‚ is not to reduce man seeking pleasure in an animal requires not confuse happiness and satisfaction and to introduce a qualitative difference between pleasures - the most desirable being those who implement the higher faculties - experience that
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attention. Furthermore‚ in his study of college students‚ Astin (1993) found that involvement in a fraternity or sorority was negatively associated with GPA‚ altruism‚ and social activism while being positively associated with alcohol consumption‚ hedonism‚ and materialism. Over the years‚ colleges and universities
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has written many satirical novels about the flaws of society but none can compare the symbolism and depth that this novel presents. As the above quote suggests the citizens of this futuristic society known as the World State chose to live a life of hedonism devoid of emotions and beliefs rather than suffer any pain. Both Huxley’s focus on the tragic flaws of this society and satirical development of the utopian scheme‚ lead us to believe the hypocrisy of such a utopian state. Furthermore there are many
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THE THEME OF THE AMERICAN DREAM IN THE FITZGERALD’S THE GREAT GATSBY The 1920s or “the Jazz Age” was the era of the American Dream – the era of equal opportunities (or at least it was thought so) and the times when economy started rising with an enormous speed. The Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby is situated in this era and it offers a great insight into what was happening in that time as the novel shows that the values changed and that in that time the American Dream became a synonym for
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The story of Narcissus was first told in ancient Balkan Amphitheatre’s‚ the ancient Greeks tell us that Narcissus the son of the river god Cephissus and nymph Liriope‚ known for his attractiveness rejects nymph Echo’s desperate love for him.The handsome Narcissus he is punished by gods to fall in love with the reflection of his own image in a pool. Narcissus hopeless and worthless in front of his love‚ he became the flower which bears his name. The myth told mainly from phantasy point of view has
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