Normative

As humans we are governed by a code of ethics even though sometimes we fail to acknowledge it. It is this innate reasoning that allows us to decide which road we all take in life; this can be seen as us doing things that are ethical in nature. The word ethics as viewed from a Christian perspective as defined by Grenz is “the study of how humans ought to live as informed by the bible and Christian convictions.” It is with this definition that we seek to understand how human beings should operate…

a context. According to Elin Diamond (Diamond 1988) gender is made up of the ‘words, gestures appearances, ideas and behaviour that dominant culture understands as indices of feminine/masculine identity’. Our performance utilised gender normative elements to convey how these very gender norms are so engrained into our society that they give power to those who demonstrate them; our Ui was a female who wanted to gain power so employed the help of a Drag King to help her emulate masculine…

consideration of an individual’s role in politeness. Synthetic Approach The third theory, synthetic approach, combines the previous two theories together. This newly developed theory involves both individualism (Instrumental theory) and socialism (Normative theory) in forming the concept of politeness. Vu (1999) argues that Vietnamese politeness follows the synthetic approach which combine principles of indirectness alongside markers of social order. Non-familiar usage of Kinship terms…

Philosophical nihilism existed long before it was referred to as “nihilism.” Credit for the development of ancient nihilism can be given to the skepticism of the ancient Greeks. The man most often portrayed as the original skeptic, and perhaps also the original nihilist, was Gorgias (483-378 B.C.E.) who is famous for having said: "Nothing exists” (Russell, 2004, p. 40). The Skeptics regarded the basic principle of their outlook as epistemological caution. They were adamant about not making…

an ambiguous situation is more accurate than ours and will help is choose an appropriate course of action’ (Aronson, et al., 2005). This is an example of Informational social influence theory (ISI) (Muzafer Sherif, 1935), conflicting to this is Normative Influence Theory (NI) (Bibb Latané, 1980). NI is the influence from peer pressure; people can act on NI for a number of reasons. It can be for fear of rejection, a desire for approval or to show…

There are various normative ethical theories that can explain human behavior as it pertains to actions of those working in law enforcement. This research paper summarizes the various ideologies that are associated with utilitarianism and deontological ethics concerning human behavior and the ethical or unethical decisions and /or actions of those working in law enforcement. It contrasts between the utilitarianism and deontological ethical arguments as they relate to law enforcement. It…

Continuance Commitment: Continuance commitment is the “need” component or the gain/loss of working in an organization. Continuance commitment is the degree with which employees realize that if they left the organization, the loss of it would be greater than the benefit. The perceived losses can be monetary (pay and benefits); social (friendship); or professional (might have seniority). If there is higher level of continuance commitment, the degree of attachment with the organization will be…

political party gender ideologies. These gender expectations and personal evaluations of the candidate apply to the social context of the election. Two observational factors of the election’s social contexts are the reference group normative values and societal normative values. The reference group is…

poor workers simply because they are young, male, and black” (Gans qtd. in Massey 316). Gans is arguing that it is easier to reject poor people from employment because they can easily be seen as lazy and uncommitted. Gans then continues to look at normative functions and how they go against the poor and help the…

The first of the three frameworks, SCF, looks at the constructed perceptions of groups. Schneider and Ingram (1993) outline that conceptualization and normative aspects of a target group inform the design of policy and vice versa. This can establish a cyclical nature for social constructions. Constructions can be positive—a population is deserving of a benefit—or negative a population is undeserving and is a burden (Schneider and Ingram 1993: 335). These constructions highlight power disparities…