Social Choice and Individual Values

An individuals pursuit towards higher education needs to be addressed when the affordability spectrum dilutes the fairness of equal opportunity: all individuals are entitled towards becoming educated regardless of their families financial status. The generating concern from both the public as well as the government is a reflection of the severity pertaining to this issue; which ensures that educational…

(organizational trust and psychological safety). The attribution theory (Martinko, 2002) is considered adequate in explaining and predicting the relationship between the variables. The attribution theory is concerned with the study of the process by which individuals draw up conclusions of causality in response to the outcomes or results they observe. The theory is based on Heider’s (cited in Martinko, 2002) notion that people have an inherent tendency to be naive psychologists and as a result…

The Communitarian Voice of Consensus and Morality Communitarianism, with its recognition of the social and interdependent nature of humanity, provides the best framework for the organization of society. This framework avoids majority rule policies and disconnected representation, instead striving for deliberation and determination of a common communal good. This common good is representative of all community members, generating self-governing communities. These self-governing communities have an…

science, Dr. Robert Dahl explores the history of behavioral science and the men behind its design and ingenuity. While exploring its history Dahl takes on the task of critically analyzing what behavioral science was, is, and could be and how the new social science will make itself indispensable to the political arena. In his piece titled The Behavioral Approach in Political Science, Dahl creates five sections where he breaks down his understandings and interpretations of behavioral science and…

This view of life must be able to maintain unity and identification with itself and the complexities life throws at it. It is what gives one direction and a goal in life and this view becomes interlaced with the individual. Swenson states that a view of life is seen as the answer one gives to the questions life asks, therefore as one matures, the preparation for the external world is still essential. Every human being desires happiness; it is universal, instinctive…

education is a clear indication of social achievement. As an achieved status, or an assignment to a group based on an individual’s experiences, talents or wishes, education can enable social mobility between classes. However, social mobility is not so easily accomplished, as typically children of a certain class will remain in that class throughout their entire lives (Perrin 1). It is the ascribed status, an assignment to a group based on an unchangeable aspect of an individual, that inhibits…

assume whether an individual action was irrational due to our belief’s while he or she considered their actions as rational. This become important when it comes to choosing an alternative options: attend a rehabilitation center or risk incarceration for that crime. Research has proving that the threat of arrest, rather than harshness is the most important deterrent factor, and many programs that focus on rehabilitation have been unsuccessful. An individual will plan to make a choice based on his…

thus acts as a powerful but not an unconstrained force in policymaking. Individual participants in policy debates make choices in framing Policies, affirming and denying values, representing target populations, inviting or discouraging wider agency, and other areas, but the participation of other advocates, the judgment of audiences, the social force of discourse, and multiple material considerations constrain these choices.” Looking at and analysis both the quote and the general article in…

An individual views the world through a set of goggles crafted by their culture. Each choice made by one is dictated by their cultural background and how it has influenced them. This includes how one reacts to and treat others. For instance, a worldview can determine one's place in life in a social hierarchy, and the quality of life they deserve, and the expectations that are held for them in a family. Expectations set by one's family is something that is determined with a culture playing a…

minimization of the use of coercion by the state in its essential role of preventing one person 's freedom from intruding upon another 's. He believes the state’s main function is to protect freedom and leave virtue to individuals. This has the small government aspect of libertarians and the individual virtue of traditionalists. In order to apply this theory to one of the two major parties of today is difficult. At the time this book was written, 1962, fusionism would align largely with the…