SOC307H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Abrahamic Religions, Gluttony, Psychopathy
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Sin (committed when laws are broken in a religious context) Deviance (not crime) = defying social expectations (violating social norms) * reactions from others shows that a social norm has been broken. * very serious (on the opposite end of the spectrum, in comparison to deviance) * anything outside of the norm, in opposition to what a normal individual would do. Scientific statement(s): if you drop a pencil, it will move upward. (yes, after death people either go to hell or heaven. (no) A scientific statement does not need to be correct, you just need to be able to act on it to conclude whether or not is true. Religions: common assumptions -- (abrahamic religions: explanation of crime) A way to understand crime, and the world around us. Religion is a pre-scientific idea: the universe is orderly, supernatural beings, control/intervene: natural and social processes.
