SOCWORK 1A06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: English Poor Laws, Paternalism, Decision-Making
11 Dec 2018
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Knowledge is something we discover but something we sustain through communication. Models embody institutionalized ways of knowing or helping. To understand the complexity of society we must know how they react. What these models mean to social work. Social work has always been, first and foremost, an enterprise imbued with moral purpose and values and not merely a technical expertise. Morality- attitudes and beliefs about what is right or wrong, good or bad. Morality is not a fixed concept but one that is socially constructed. Alcohol is usually used as an example that social construct use to be illegal. The relationship of those who receive and give charity their relationship is socially constructed. Practices of helping based on personal characteristics in the era of moral reform. Less prevalent as directed practice but still holds major influence in how we think about and deliver help through a discourse of deservingness. Practices of helping that emerged from notions of morality.
