Sociology 2152A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Anomie
17 Nov 2015
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John calhoun on the behaviour of rats: he gave them sunshine, fresh air, food, he let them reproduce because the soccer field could have about 5000 rats, but it stopped at 150 the rats didn"t run out of resources, but they started to sue birth control (smart rats, they exhibited abnormal behaviour, female: it was biological, they lost maternal instincts and the desire to nurse the infants were lost (miscarriages, abortions, loss, males: worse they started eating each others, baby rats, mother rats (but their was food! Good samaritan laws: call people legally responsible for watching a person get harmed and not helping: they are a person, and you should extend to them a duty to assist , you must report a crime!!!!, everyone must be responsible if they don"t, issue many people feel that they don"t have to get involved if its none of their business".
