Cultural Change and Adaptation
Both Thomas Sowell and Michael Schwalbe think cultural change and adaptation are necessary to the social world but their views are different. Sowell, has conservative views while Schwalbe views lie on the liberal side. Sowell views are cut and dried (everyone should be treated equally), whereas Schwalbe views seem to be more flexible taking the situation into account (everyone should be sociologically mindful).
Thomas Sowell Thomas Sowell is an economist, social theorist and a political philosopher. He is a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University (Hoover.org/Profiles). One of his favorite quotes by Will and Ariel Durant, sums up his opinion on cultural adaptation, “ Civilization is not inherited; it has to be learned and earned by each generation anew; if the transmission should be interrupted for one century, civilization would die, and we should be savages again.”
In his speech, Cultural Diversity: A Worldview, Sowell states “Cultures exists so, we don’t have to relearn everything.” He believes “ Cultural diversity, viewed …show more content…
Michael Schwalbe is a sociology professor at North Carolina State University. He is also an author and participates in both, “The Good Man Project” and “The Common Dream: Breaking New Views for the Progressive Community” websites. Much of his research has been dominated by gender and inequality topics. As a sociology professor, he is committed to trying to increase his student’s “sociological mindfulness”. In The Sociologically Examined Life: Pieces of the Conversation, Schwalbe speaks of being sociologically mindful about differences and inequalities. How does one accomplish this? Ask yourself “Does the difference cause harm?” (Schwalbe, 2008). “If this difference leads to exploitation, unfair advantage, domination, or some other kind of harm, then it is more than a difference. It is a form of inequality and not worth celebrating” (Schwalbe,
Both Thomas Sowell and Michael Schwalbe think cultural change and adaptation are necessary to the social world but their views are different. Sowell, has conservative views while Schwalbe views lie on the liberal side. Sowell views are cut and dried (everyone should be treated equally), whereas Schwalbe views seem to be more flexible taking the situation into account (everyone should be sociologically mindful).
Thomas Sowell Thomas Sowell is an economist, social theorist and a political philosopher. He is a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University (Hoover.org/Profiles). One of his favorite quotes by Will and Ariel Durant, sums up his opinion on cultural adaptation, “ Civilization is not inherited; it has to be learned and earned by each generation anew; if the transmission should be interrupted for one century, civilization would die, and we should be savages again.”
In his speech, Cultural Diversity: A Worldview, Sowell states “Cultures exists so, we don’t have to relearn everything.” He believes “ Cultural diversity, viewed …show more content…
Michael Schwalbe is a sociology professor at North Carolina State University. He is also an author and participates in both, “The Good Man Project” and “The Common Dream: Breaking New Views for the Progressive Community” websites. Much of his research has been dominated by gender and inequality topics. As a sociology professor, he is committed to trying to increase his student’s “sociological mindfulness”. In The Sociologically Examined Life: Pieces of the Conversation, Schwalbe speaks of being sociologically mindful about differences and inequalities. How does one accomplish this? Ask yourself “Does the difference cause harm?” (Schwalbe, 2008). “If this difference leads to exploitation, unfair advantage, domination, or some other kind of harm, then it is more than a difference. It is a form of inequality and not worth celebrating” (Schwalbe,