SOCA01H3 Lecture Notes - Industrial Revolution, Bourgeoisie, Proletariat
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Albert camus there is but one truly serious philosophicl problem, and that is suicide . Looking at broader social forces affecting one"s life chances . 48 members of the canadian cult in 1970 committed suicide. Sue rodriguez went to supreme court for right to be put down because she was in tremendous pain and lost case but died soon after. It wont be long assisted suicide will be legal prof shelly. Dr. jack kevorkian was really famous for putting people to death (assisted suicide) ended up in prision in the states. On average 1 daily suicide in afghanistan (us military) Recall suicides 25 x death rate afghan war. Still majority vets not kill selves (social solidarity(brain injuries), anomie (many soldiers serve with anomie, high unemployment rate amongst vets due to injury)) Regime of truth" foisted on us by constant repetition.
