CRM/LAW C163 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Social Control, Restorative Justice, Examined Life
16 May 2016
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Want to be treated fairly and have justice. Peoples beliefs about right and wrong, good and bad, and the choices they make and actions they take, given these beliefs, moral values reflect these beliefs. Concept we use to describe feelings and values we hold regarding what is right wrong bad, etc. More about belief systems and what people actually believe and value. Both issue of what is right vs. wrong. More philosophical inquiry of what should be considered good and bad or right and wrong. Ethics = a kind of inquiry & ambition. Social and behavioral sciences = descriptive inquiry; describe nature of things as they exist. Philosophy = prescriptive inquiry; exploring who we ought to be or how our society should be organized; decisions we ought to make; how we ought to live. Sociologist would study moral development as children; how do they develop moral sensibilities (descriptive inquiry) Ethical issues of right and wrong are relevant and present everywhere.
