SOC102H1 Chapter Notes -Justice As Fairness, Paris Hilton, Procedural Justice
Document Summary
Milton bradley created the game of life: updated to reflect changes of economic and cultural surroundings, tiles added to represent life accomplishments rewards socially useful decisions. Max weber coined the phrase life chances: effective b/c it recognizes the probabilistic nature of life, useful in studies of social mobility (study of why and how some ppl get ahead in life and others don"t) Our game of life depends on social and economic background at birth. Socio-economic starting point depends on parents" class status: not everyone starts out on equal footing". Each person has different set of life chances for gaining education, wealth, power, prestige, good health, etc. Unlike the game, not everyone is offered different opportunities (ex. income: people born into rich, powerful, famous families likely live under these conditions, not always the case there are rags to riches stories but are rare.
