Assess the arguments for and against the view that sociology is not and will never be a scientific discipline. (33 marks) A science is the intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behaviour of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment. If we use this definition it can be argued that sociology does fall into the bracket of being a science. There are two theoretical arguments set up by positivists and interpretivists. Positivists
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is a huge topic in the world of debate. The definition of assisted suicide is a physician providing a patient the means to take his or her own life through the means of medicine. This is now legal in five states and more are currently considering passing the law to take one’s own life. Many agree with this law as long as the person that wants to kill themselves has an incurable disease and is not going to have a good quality of life left for them. One of the major reasons that this topic is widely
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The Sex Ed Debate Within the last couple of years‚ the number of high school teenagers who have had sexual intercourse has raised dramatically. Most people would make the connection of the child’s behavior to their parents‚ but in reality it is much more than the parenting. Schools are also connected to the sexual activity when they teach health classes. But should schools be teaching abstinence or should they be teaching more? Well‚ if we want there to be less teen pregnancies and high school
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The nature Nurture debate From the day we are born we become biologically separated from our mother‚ however‚ we remain totally dependant upon our mother/carer in order to survive. For many years psychologists have been researching behaviour patterns from birth and still now argue whether behaviours are learned or innate. Innate behaviour is present at birth‚ developmentally fixed‚ instinctive and unchanging inherited through genes. This involves reflexes which are automatic responses to specific
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Notes Birth Control Debate – Should a parent provide birth control pills to their teenagers? Are you a parent? Has your teen daughter had a boyfriend for the last few months? Have you talked to your teen about sex? Do you want your teen to have unsafe sex? Is there pro’s and con’s to birth control? Parents may have talked to their teens about sex and be confident that there is no sexually relationship‚ although the parent may be worried about what could happen if the teen decides
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International Probe into Sri Lanka War Crimes The United Nations held a meeting about the war crimes in Sri Lanka. The war has been going on for quite some time. Since then‚ there has been little progress. The United States plans to propose a way to resolve the war crimes. This conflict will not affect in the future. This conflict does not affect my future either. The reason for this is that it is happening in another county‚ and it is also a civil situation within that country. I feel that
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fertilization2 (IVF). This process is known as Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD). Steps: 1. Creating an Embryo with In-vitro fertilization (IVF). 2. Removing a single cell from that embryo within the first 5 days of creation 3. Genetically testing the cell 4.
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Computers have taken over our lives. Computers are great things‚ and are very useful in everyday life‚ but they create a certain distraction which just overpowers our will to stay away from the computer. In our modern day world‚ computers are absolutely essential and all around us‚ at work‚ at schools‚ at malls etc. It is impossible to run away from these devices and we’ve become so dependent on it that we just can’t do things on our own now. For example‚ say you were doing some homework and
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Gay Marriage Debate By Eric Paul Scarabin Though many arguments against gay marriage are based in homophobia‚ even people who otherwise support the rights of gays and lesbians have advanced arguments against gay marriage. One main concern is that allowing two people of the same sex to marry will devalue the concept of marriage. Those against gay marriage argue that marriage is between one man and one woman and allowing gay marriage would destroy the traditional family‚ which defenders of this
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DEBATE PAPER OUTLINE Learning Team BCOM/275 April 16‚ 2012 Outline INTRODUCTION Should mothers choose to raise a family over a career? Women make choices to have a career and raise a family. Some women have no choice and have to work. Society has to respect those women. Some women “never have to work a day in their life” and have chosen to be stay-at-home moms. Society needs to understand these struggles and have compassion for their choices. I. BODY A. PROS 1. Children
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