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| conjecture and refutation |
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| one initially conjectures, and this conjecture forms the basis of a hypothesis, which can be either confirmed or rejected by experimentation |
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| the development of concepts with which we grasp social life. a way to identify patterns with social life or social action. a way to produce explanations for features in social life in society and changes in overall forms of society. |
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| able to be tested; measurable |
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first law of nature: seek peace and follow it
second: defend yourself and others and lay down your right to all things for peace |
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| the foil in Rousseau's arguments. Argues that human power is not established for the benefit of the governed |
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| personal wants and needs; freedom to do what we want |
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| freedom that comes through the contact made with others in society-regulated freedoms |
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instrumental-rationality
value-rationality
collective
individual |
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| behavior motivated by strategic or calculate attempt to maximize rewards and minimize costs |
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| behaviors motivated by ideals, values, morals, tradition, habit, emotional states |
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| behavior occurs at the group level driven by structural arrangements |
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| behavior occurs at the individual level, which creates observable patterns and structures |
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-adam smith
-identifying with another person on an emotional level
-you can put yourself in their shoes and know how they are feeling |
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| toqueville's principle of interest |
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the act of making sacrifices now bc you know they will ultimately benefit you in the long run
-people make sacrifices, which benefits public and private interests
-small acts of self-denial; mankind as a whole benefits |
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mature and calm feeling that disposes each member of society to sever himself from society and form little circles of his own
-necessary to form democratic society but can also lead to its downfall |
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passionate and exaggerated love of self
-leads a man to connect everything to his own person and prefer himself to the world |
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public associations
(toqueville) |
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-groups of people (interest groups) that assist other groups of people in need; no investment or obligation
-can be means of check on the government and fundamental to democracy |
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| having a theory about how the world should change and acting on that theory |
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| the connection between the concrete economic relationships among people and the broad patterns of social life or order that emerge from them in specific areas |
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way of working
-2 antithetical groups; one group reaps the benefits |
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| the ruling ideas of an epoch are the ruling class' ideas, which are set to maintain control |
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the modern working class
- their work has become anonymous; they are just part of the machine |
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| the upper class that owns the means of production |
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want to abolish bourgeoisie property
-want to bring forward common interests |
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| the unlimited despotism of one class over another |
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