Valus
Where have our values gone?
1. What examples of social dysfunction are identified in this article?
● Daniel Patrick Moynihan's phrase, "defining deviancy down," accepting as part of life.
2. What does “defining deviancy down” mean?
● It was an expression coined by the late Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan in
1993. Moynihan based his phrase on the theory of Emile Durkheim that there is a limit to the bad behavior that a society can tolerate before it has to start lowering its standards.
3. What subcultures are identified as being in conflict with each other?
● Culture is what makes up a society's expression, both through material things and beliefs. Examples of culture as a whole should be familiar to you. They can include things like language, ideological values, gender roles, social conventions, religion or artistic expression through things like paintings, books or films. Society refers to people who interact in a defined territory and share a culture. Within every society there may be many different cultures as well as many different subcultures. Let's examine some of the theories and definitions surrounding subcultures.
4. Which “traditional American values” of America appear to have changed?
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individualism equality materialism science and technology progress and change work and leisure competition mobility volunteerism action and achievement oriented.
5. The author says “…we have a culture of constant complaint?” What does he mean by this and why does he think this is a problem?
● We people have a big problem that we don’t see what we doing , we enjoy to interfere on other people’s work. Also be negative with others and complain about other’s work. It’s big problem.
Everyone is a victim. The have-nots claim
victimization at the hands of the successful. Crime is sanctioned by the fact, real or imagined, that the criminal had an unhappy childhood.
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. What does “altruism” mean?
● the belief in or
1. What examples of social dysfunction are identified in this article?
● Daniel Patrick Moynihan's phrase, "defining deviancy down," accepting as part of life.
2. What does “defining deviancy down” mean?
● It was an expression coined by the late Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan in
1993. Moynihan based his phrase on the theory of Emile Durkheim that there is a limit to the bad behavior that a society can tolerate before it has to start lowering its standards.
3. What subcultures are identified as being in conflict with each other?
● Culture is what makes up a society's expression, both through material things and beliefs. Examples of culture as a whole should be familiar to you. They can include things like language, ideological values, gender roles, social conventions, religion or artistic expression through things like paintings, books or films. Society refers to people who interact in a defined territory and share a culture. Within every society there may be many different cultures as well as many different subcultures. Let's examine some of the theories and definitions surrounding subcultures.
4. Which “traditional American values” of America appear to have changed?
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individualism equality materialism science and technology progress and change work and leisure competition mobility volunteerism action and achievement oriented.
5. The author says “…we have a culture of constant complaint?” What does he mean by this and why does he think this is a problem?
● We people have a big problem that we don’t see what we doing , we enjoy to interfere on other people’s work. Also be negative with others and complain about other’s work. It’s big problem.
Everyone is a victim. The have-nots claim
victimization at the hands of the successful. Crime is sanctioned by the fact, real or imagined, that the criminal had an unhappy childhood.
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. What does “altruism” mean?
● the belief in or