BIOL 1202 : EXAM 2 PAGE 1
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3: norms, mores, folkways, culture= man- nature. Enough people in the community have to believe it and it becomes a part of the law: values: moral value of something; right and wrong, specific vs. abstract (broad) Abstract- truth, justice: norms, positive law: laws that come from norms, natural law: laws that are moral in nature, symbols: concrete things that stand for other things, technology: tools we use to overcome nature, language. Only group capable of regulating humans is the state. Law not divine; law made by humans to regulate other humans. All acts are just acts it is what it is. What is the purpose of the law: control protect people from themselves. Social contract: an agreement that we will work together to build stuff. Before the social contract people were chaotic. Humans tied together by moral obligation; no chaos. Conflict theory consensus (functionalism) - society is like the human body, each thing has functions.
