Category: Sociology 7256

  • Why Is It Difficult to Resist Societal Rules and Norms?

    Table of Contents Introduction Fear of Consequences Innate Feeling of Submission to the Stronger Force Conclusion Works Cited Introduction Social rules and norms are standards or expectations of conduct and thinking founded on shared views inside a sociocultural community. Norms, which are often implicit, provide societal expectations for acceptable and unacceptable behavior that control interpersonal…

  • Classism and Class Welfare in the United States

    Table of Contents Introduction Classism and class welfare analysis Conclusion References Introduction Classism is considered to be promoted in the form of oppression or prejudice against people through their social class on the basis of higher or lower socioeconomic status; nowadays the notion ‘classism’ is a real issue being widely spread not only in the…

  • Thoreau and Emerson Views on Society

    There exists a commonly accepted theory that says that the development of civilization and movement of society may be presented in the shape of a spiral; this means that in the course of time humanity changes, but sooner or later it repeats the past at least partially, it appears on the same or very similar…

  • Amnesty for Illegal Mexican Immigrants

    Table of Contents Introduction Arguments against amnesty for illegal Mexican immigrants The positive in favor of this policy Discussion Conclusion Bibliography Introduction In this paper, we are going to discuss such question as amnesty for illegal Mexican immigrants and possible implications of this policy. In particular, it is necessary to focus on the positive and…

  • A Class Divided: Racial Discriminatory Transition

    Table of Contents Introduction Discussion Conclusion References Introduction America is witnessing a steady increase in racial discrimination among Asians, Latinx, and Native Americans. Howard (2014) and Kendi (2020) contended that these issues trace back to historical injustice between income, race, and crime. Furthermore, racial oppression extends to the education gap between blacks and whites. Discussion…

  • Sociological Perspective and Social Forces

    The sociological perspective stands for the approach in sociology, which views human behavior in the context of social backgrounds, such as relationships, social structures, and history. The sociological perspective focuses on the influence of outside factors on people’s actions without considering the component of their inner peculiar properties and opinions. The approach utilizes different levels…

  • Moral and Political Phylosophy

    Many prominent philosophers determined concepts about moral and political issues in terms of their unique philosophical doctrines. Aristotle’s theory of virtue ethics According to Aristotle, humans, unlike animals can reason. Hence, reasoning together with pleasure can bring happiness. And by Aristotle “happiness is naturally our highest objective”, meaning “our highest good” (Moore & Bruder, 2011,…

  • The Scientific Sociology: Ibn Khaldun

    On Friday, May 27th, 2011, the famous search engine “Google” celebrated the birthday of the founder of sociology, Ibn Khaldun. He named it the science of human construction leaving a huge intellectual legacy that is still extending its influence today. Ibn Khaldun is a great and famous Arab historian and sociologist who enabled the delivery…

  • Escuchando a Nuestros Jovenes: Overview

    Synopsis Noone, Allen, Sullivan, McKenzie, Esqueda and Ibarra (2014), the authors of the article Escuchando a nuestros jóvenes: a Latino youth photovoice project on teen pregnancy, attempted to analyze the situation regarding increasing rates of teenage pregnancy among the representatives of the Latino culture. However, due to the specifics of the issue, the researchers also…

  • ‘All Lives Matter’ as an Evidence of White Supremacy

    The movement to protect the rights of black people is becoming more popular and covers many countries around the world. People are fighting for equal rights and opportunities and a world without ethnic discrimination. However, the white population does not always support this initiative, treating the movement and its slogans with disdain. ‘All Lives Matter’…