ADM 3318 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Common Good, Individualism, Closed System
13 Apr 2020
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View culture as a system of values and norms that are shared among a group of people, and that when taken together constitute a design for living. Values: abstract ideas about what a group believes to be good, right and desirable. Norms: the social rules and guidelines that prescribe appropriate behaviour in particular situations. Society: a group of people who share a common set of values and norms. While a society may be equivalent to a country, some countries harbour several. Societies (support many cultures) and some societies embrace more than one country. Provide a context in which norms are established and justified. May include society"s attitudes toward such concepts as individual freedom, democracy, truth, justice, honesty, loyalty, social obligations, collective responsibility, the role of women, love, sec, marriage, etc. Values are not just abstract concepts, they are invested with considerable emotional significance. Norms can be subdivided further into two major categories: folkways: routine conventions of everyday life.
