SOC101Y1 Lecture : LECTURE #1.docx
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Different groups of population are characterized by different levels of social solidarity. Different social groups affect people and cause them to act in different ways(influences them in different ways) Suicide is higher in low and high solidarity groups. In case of high solidarity groups people are willing to die for their groups and beliefs. In low solidarity groups people feel isolated and do not hesitate to take their lives as they feel that they have no one to live for. Ideas of the relationship between humans should be based on evidence and not speculations. It"s not god or nature that is responsible for what is going on. We can actually do something to improve the world. In the medieval times people thought that the higher forces also estimated the co-relation between lower levels.
