SO 202 Lecture Notes - Individualism
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Seen as something we need to promote. People moving back into parent"s house is not considered a good thing. Sociologists have found that while individualism may be a taken-for-granted concept now, it was not always considered desirable. Things are more complicated than they appear to be. Sociologists have found that canada has a history of racial prejudice in light of the treatment of aboriginal peoples and the pattern of immigration. Thinking that is purposeful, deliberate, and self-regulatory, and that arrives at judgements based on well-defined criteria and evidence. The understanding that knowledge is not constant. Questioning everyday , taken-for-granted beliefs of different city-states. Ancient greeks searched for universal truths independent of untested assumptions or opinions. Not always from a rational and logical mind. Philosopher- using a universal method of scientific inquiry that was independent of individual bias and beliefs.
