Whilst accurate in gaining an idea of the social realities of a certain type of Elizabethan person, namely the elite, it is perhaps necessary to look to other sources to identify the true social realities of the period as the accounts give something of a one sided view. Therefore, whilst the accounts are largely consistent with many other sources we have seen describing the hierarchical nature of the social system, a range of material and particularly secondary sources are useful as a way of establishing a wider and more inclusive sense of the social realities of Elizabethan England than the accounts provide. The eyewitness accounts are clearly written by elite members of society and are therefore documenting their experience of the social hierarchy. With this in mind, the authors perhaps hold ulterior motives in establishing and maintaining these levels of hierarchy and their position at the top end of it. The Wilson and Smith extracts emphasize the way in which the higher classes of society were very established in their roles within society and that there was not a great deal of movement within them.
Many sociologists have given alternate views about the main function of education. Functionalists argue that the main function of education is to maintain a value consensus – agreed social values – whereas Marxists argue that education transmits values that benefit the ruling class. Durkheim (1903), a functionalist, argues that society needs a sense of social solidarity because without it, social life and cooperation would be impossible as individuals would pursue their own selfish desires. The education system helps create social solidarity by transmitting society’s culture from one generation to the next so the main function of education is to maintain a value consensus in society. However, Marxists criticise this and argue that education in capitalist society only transmits the ideology of the ruling class and not the shared values of society.
James Rachels’ on Normative Cultural Relativism Every culture has its own customs, traditions and beliefs that dictate the actions of its citizens. Cultural relativism states that although practices and ethical beliefs differ from society to society, it must be accepted as good, relative to each respective culture’s beliefs and moral code. Rachels believes that an act that may be frowned upon in one culture may in fact be totally acceptable in another. The theory of Cultural Relativism puts in action the idea of what people believe is morally right and how it relates to the culture that it is practiced in. Morals concern what is right and wrong.
Outline some of the functions that the education system may perform. (12 marks) Education system performs various functions and sociologists hold different and conflicting views. This however depends on their sociological perspective and the way they see the society. According to functionalists, education performs three important functions- creating social solidarity, teaching specialist skills and transmission of values. Durkheim argues that education system helps to create social solidarity by transmitting society’s culture- its shared belief and culture from one generation to next.
1990) It’s necessary to ask help from the superior officers so that a tolerance of brutality will not establish. Many officers will officially feel that such action would be burdensome. However, policeman often already feel restrained and burdened by policy that takes such large amount of their duty time. The treat of violent on the streets across the United States has increased at a dramatic rate. Policemen that are forced to face violence are sometimes caught in the same violent while Unethical Police Operations Paper 3 trying to
“A Doll’s House” Discuss the idea(s) developed by the text creator in your chosen text about the significance of idealism and truth in an individual’s life. Our beliefs and values help shape our identity and how we approach issues. Some of those beliefs and values are a reflection of societal expectations and sometimes they are a complete rejection of those values. The people around us, events, and how we were raised can help shape our identity. This can help determine some of our beliefs whether they are a form of idealism or the truth.
Procrastination has been around as long as humankind has been existing, but the only deference is the way we are being punished. Back then people where looked at as sinners, and sloth, although; it is a negative punishment towards the results of procrastinating when it has a positive reaction as receiving a check, tax, food, and successful career. In my opinion, being a procrastinator is due to a psychological effect, due to experience as a student and an employee. Most people procrastinate because they are dealing with some type of issue or matter. (Fuschia Sirois pg35) In 2006..the university of Windsor in Ontario reported in a study of 254 adults that procrastinators had higher stress levels and more acute completed jobs in a timely manner.” This situation then affects a person’s health, creating anxiety, and stresses even more due to the facts that he or she is in a position where they have zero privacy to express themselves and from my opinion it can result in having a person becoming psychodynamic.
Relativism is the idea that one’s beliefs and values are understood of one’s society culture or even one’s own individual values (Mosser, 2010). With that being said everyday a person from a culture conducts some kind of moral choice. That moral choice that he or she chooses may be viewed as right or wrong by other cultures. In the article, “Some Moral Minima” by Lenn E. Goodman there are views of four different aspects of morality and relativism and Goodman argues that certain things are just wrong. I will explore the challenges Goodman presents to relativism and provide my own thoughts on such universal moral requirements.
− Is it necessary? − Constructing hierarchy − Constructing inequality through ideology − ideology: a set of beliefs and values − typically, that are a worldview, or that explain a worldview − often (not always) characteristic of a culture: shared ideas about how the world works, and shared values about what is good, bad, appropriate, etc. − Most or all societies have an ideology that naturalizes their social organization − makes it seem normal, reasonable, necessary, natural − ideologies are emic − they are ideas that the people in a society have about their own society − how they see their own cultural world − Some societies have ideology of equality − such as the Ju/’hoansi − most societies societies today have ideologies of inequality Intro to Cultural Anthro S 2011 / Owen: Social and economic hierarchies p. 5 − that is, they have an ideology that naturalizes inequality − makes differences in status, prestige, wealth, power, etc. seem normal, right, natural, inevitable − that allow people to construct and think about ranked categories in ways that
It often seems that there are headlines concerning affairs, theft, embezzlement, misrepresentation, drugs, etc. unfortunately, these are problems seen in our country with many people. The fact that our leaders are human is a part of their failure. I often wonder, however, if the pressure of leadership makes them more susceptible to a loss of self-control, or is it because they feel as though they are beyond reproach? I believe that anyone who is in a leadership role should understand that they will be scrutinized more closely than those who are not.