SOCB42H3 Lecture : Lecture 4
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Basic, underlying common beliefs and values that a community share. Source of order because a religion connects you to others and goes beyond ones personal needs. It gets people to accept what the government says. Religion consecrates laws : division of labour it generates interdependence (we focus on one jobs so we have to get things from other people). Everyone"s talents can be brought to light to better all people. It reduces the likelihood of alienation because everyone contributes. Greed, speculation, competition, risk taking are not always bad things (ex. Comte has an emphasis on how the dol contributes to social solidarity. Smith, the dol and its contribution to economic activity. Comte focuses on the dols conflict with solidarity. You focus on one task, and you only mix with people in your occupation. Therefore your solidarity will be more attached to that one group rather than the rest of society as a whole. (ex.
