SOC203H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Voluntary Association, Agnosticism, Antonio Gramsci
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Durkheim on moral authority: needs vs wants. Need: something that needs to be satisfied in order for the being to flourish in the force of nature. Wants: interest that is not: problems arising from wants. Tendency of expanding on their own unless they are restrained: not all wants can be satisfied, gives rise to the emotion of dissatisfaction (pain, frustration) 3. if there is not limit for our wants, then we will feel pain, we are bound to feel pain// need to limit our wants to limit ourselces this is a recipe for unhappiness. Society: people realize that social classes play a role in their wants. Tells us that the distribution of rewards is just and fair// in our own society, the unequal distribution of rewards in society can be inferred by merit: abnormal societies: anomie. Disproportion in the things that people want and what they have: a warning, not a prohibition.
