SOC 271 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Social Control, Hard Determinism, Myocyte
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Soc271 lecture 20 - freewill vs determinism, and social control. Theory believes we (humans) have ability to freely choose our actions. We weigh the benefits and costs against each other. Social control, ideally, strives to make the cost (pain) of violating the norms much higher than the benefit (pleasure) So that fewer people will believe it is worth it" and engage in it. Preventing similar deviance recurring, by example punishment. One person commits crime, and is punished. Other individuals know that if they commit same crime, could be punished same way. Other facts outside of your control affect your choices besides free will. Example: wanting to buy sports car, but the amount of money you have has softly-determined" that you cannot make that choice. The majority of sociological theories assume soft determinism. Example: slow-twitch vs fast-twitch muscle fiber ratio. Try to treat deviance instead of punish. Example: using medical model, supply individual treatments.
