SOCB43H3 Lecture 6: Lecture 6 (1).docx
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Durkheim does not use it in a general way; a specific way that the processes serve for maintaining integrity of the organism. Dol has a lot of civilization in it, does lead to all of these things. Societies that have more of civilization have the most suicide rates and the most crimes. As societies become more advanced, there is more crime. Even higher in the urban area than the rural areas. Smith told us the dol makes people dumb; doesn"t sound so great. Isn"t distributed throughout society; only a few people care about specializing. If something of the dol is going to appeal to society in a moral way; it cannot be restricted to a few people and it cannot make society worst. It brings material abundance and moral degradation; need to find a deeper moral understanding. The dol is to maintain social cohesion: mechanical. Some common value holds us together: organic.
