Jeffrey Reiman explains that democracy does not guarantee that the public officials will do what the public demands them to do; in fact power is used accordingly to the judgment of the individual who withholds the power. Dunham and Alpert make it clear that “the public has the right to spell out the criteria by which the judgments should be made‚ and to insist both competence and good faith in the application of those criteria” (p. 5). Dunham and Alpert define social contract as “embodying a general
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We Are All Biased: Why We Stereotype We are hard-wired to be biased... According to psychologists that is. As per them‚ even those of us who think that we do not stereotype‚ do so automatically: based on race‚ nationality‚ profession‚ sex‚ etc. But before you protest‚ there’s an instinctive reason for this. Our survival made it important that we became social and so humans have for centuries needed to know who to trust. And since it is impossible to categorize every single person we interact with
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Why do we (as a society) need a criminal justice system? Introduction As a society there is need for a criminal justice system‚ as it is essential to have laws throughout the population. We have these laws so people cannot use money or power to benefit themselves. The laws also establish that each person should understand their and everyone else’s rights and obligations within the community. The criminal justice system‚ is a system of laws and rulings which protect community members
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WHY DO WE AS A SOCIETY NEED A CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM? Introduction The criminal justice system is comprised of a basic formation‚ the law enforcement agencies‚ the courts‚ and the correctional services. This system has existed since ancient times and although the three facilities haven’t completely been replaced over the centuries‚ there has been a lot of change and amendment to how the system is used to investigate‚ deter‚ and keep order and control in today’s society. It is a fundamental part
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What is Shark Finning? Why is it such a vicious practice and why do people do it? Shark Finning is an atrocious practice of cutting off the shark’s fins and tossing the shark‚ still alive‚ back to the water; this practice is illegal but it is practiced anyways and it’s quite serious as some shark are in the edge of extinction. Once the fins have been cut off‚ the shark is thrown back to the water and it slowly dies. The shark may either drown‚ bleed to death or be eaten by other creatures
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To what extent do the concepts that we use shape the conclusions that we reach? What are the concepts that we use? How do the conclusions we end with effect us? The concepts that we use greatly shape the conclusions that we make because our concepts are our background knowledge are made available to utilize in any given learning experience or situation. To further explain this more‚ the discussion of human sciences‚ history‚ and religious knowledge systems will occur to better understand the questions
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Rebecca Onstott College Sociology November 15‚ 2012 Gender Roles: Why do we still follow them? For centuries‚ gender roles have dictated the lives of men and women; from lives outside of the home and within the home‚ relationships with family and other close friends. In the beginning gender roles played a very strict purposes based on human anatomy. In the hunting and gathering society‚ men would go out to hunt and for war while the women would stay back and provide for the children. This was
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Why Network Matters: The development and maintenance of business networks is a challenge face by every organization doing business. Commonly doing business is sel-dom a one-time event and instead can be seen as a huge net of relationships and the re-spective interdependencies. Scholars doing research on business networks‚ have found several common or different types of characteristics‚ as well as created several defini-tions for them: "A business network is generic and includes both smart and not-so-smart
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officers also have to have this courage to risk their lives every day to protect citizens of the community from danger. Firemen have the courage to go into a burning building to save other people. This would be very fearsome and a difficult task to do. Doctors‚
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Topic: If the market is so great‚ why do we need government? Discuss. Support your arguement with suitable examples and evidences. Market is often known as physical places‚ such as supermarket or shopping mall (TheFreeDictionary‚1963). Market is a place for buyers (who determined the demand of products) and sellers (who determined the supply of goods) to trade goods and services. It is also a place for operation the forces of demand and supply(BusinessDictionary.com‚1910). According
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