CT260 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Indian Register, Liberal Democracy, Moral Universalism
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What is sociology (other than being an umbrella for a lot of disciplines)? o o. The study of human social behavior involves studying. Sociologists conduct it in two ways (of what they study) Sociologists initially rejected idea of human rights, especially as influencing human behavior and the construction of organizations and institutions o. Entire field of study (sociology) has historically the role of human rights in institution building. Reasons - crediting with creating model sociology, rejecting hr. They are political realists - they believed human activities are results of power struggles. Morality existed - had little to do with things like laws or legal institutions about society o. The more you organize yourself in a group, the better positions you were to be a man in a power to gain interests/interest of the group: groups - what enable the men to make rights. Groups rights = power = individual rights.
