POLS 3670 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Alcoholism, Gay Bashing, Hate Crime Laws In The United States
10 Apr 2016
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Area of policy where at least 1group involved in policy debate portray the issue as one of morality or sin. Morality politics deals w values (accepted and defined by state) Things regulated by state; viewed as moral issues. Debate between econ dev and protecting environment (material status) Focus on punitive measures (regardless of whether this is the best means to regulating the behaviour) Regulation of drug use; getting ppl treatment more effective than throwing ppl in jail. Inadvertently create an incentive for individuals to supply sin . Visibility of sin more an important factor in its regulation. Strong focus on ppl who are engaged in whatever practices that needs regulating; viewed as bad people. Worst case scenario tends to dominates policy debate in debates over moral policies. 1 side throws out crazy scenarios (ex: drugs lead to destruction of society) Frames tend to appeal to emotion and fear as opposed to reason.
