Social Choice and Individual Values

right way? And, what people deserve and why? (Sandel, 2009, p.19). When coming to answer these questions regarding what is just, three values appear to be important: welfare, freedom, virtue (Sandal, 2009, p. 6). In the following I will explain how these values measures social justice. Later, I will claim that when thinking about justice, virtue is the most important value, while freedom is the second important and welfare is the least important. The welfare approach to justice is a part of the…

Values are a set of beliefs and ideals that are meaningful to an individual, group or organization. They signify what is most important in our lives and often gives reasoning for our particular actions. Each set of values differs from on individual to the next because they are built off of our own personal experiences, social environments and family backgrounds. Values play a major role in how we go about living our daily lives. My set of personal values consists of the importance of family,…

defined as individual characteristics or traits that contribute to who you are. In some cases, identity is described as the unique attributes or characteristics that belong to any given individual or shared by members of a certain social group or category. This implies that personal identity is also a label that can be effectively regarded as relational and contextual. An individual’s identity is made of various aspects that are commonly known as identity markers i.e. race, religion, values,…

The social power of Pierre Bourdieu’s habitus can simply be described as a manifested system of tastes where our actions are guided by structure but individuals have the agency or “freewill” to make our own choices. Consciously and unconsciously, we as individuals internalize elements for our social distinctions, dispositions, and an ideology that is going through a constant dialectical battle between structure and agency. “The way society gets inside of us” essentially depicts Bourdieu’s…

Locus of control has internal and external dimensions. A person’s values may determine to .’a great extent how well he performs. His immediate decisions and his life goals are influenced by his value systems. These values would be related to general expectancy of locus of control. Those who believe that chance, fate or luck determine the outcomes of events are described as having an expectancy…

Acacia Frempong-Manso 400013992 Philos 3N03 November 30th 2017 G.A Cohen’s criticisms of Rawls G.A. Cohen is best recognized in modern political philosophy for making the claim that the principles of justice are an essential reason behind the justification of an action-guiding principle, however, they are inappropriate to the conduct political practice. In Cohen's book, Rescuing Justice and Equality, he makes two criticisms of John Rawls. The first objection is that Rawl's is unable to…

role, status, function and responsibility. The social attribute makes that the physical body has to follow legislation, and cannot overcome the moral scruples. The physical body used to simply think about things it needs, wants, and desires. But involved in a society, the behaviors of the social body become restricted by “what I cannot do, what I am not allowed to do, and what should I do”. At the same time, the response and choice by the individual body can also impact the development of the…

are told what to do with no choice of our own whatsoever. We are, in fact, more free to express our opinion online with consequences close to none, although, since people are exposed to the tendencies of the community more and more, they tend to notice what is considered favorable by other members of society and even start adopting speech behaviors and certain attitudes, up to a point where they change their personality entirely. This not only affects their choices as a being, but also their…

The Social Bond theory, later known as the social control theory, was written by Travis Hirschi in 1969. Social Bond theory contains elements such as attachment to families, commitment to social norms and institutions (school, employment, church), involvement in activities, and the belief that these things are important. This theory is derived from the General Theory of Crime. Hirschi’s social bond theory emphasizes the idea that there is an absence of social attachments among delinquent…

punish criminal behaviour to a reason-based approach. According to Cesare Beccaria, crime is cause because the individual free will. People are rational and they make…