SOCIOL 2S06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Biological Determinism, Harriet Martineau
29 Mar 2018
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In the emprical case of american society. She listed 4 anomalies that undermined american society, Declaration of independence reflected the morals of american society. Principles in the doi all men are created equals . These morals were contradicted by manners, morals were collective ideas, manners were actual behaviours. Reflected in this 3 vol set: society in america. In addition in providing a general sociological analysis of american society, she provided analysis of conditions shaping the lives of women in the united states. The inequality experience by women in the usa, one of the manners that gave rise to one of the anomalies" key feautures used to identify the mroal character that is contradicted by the mannre. Talked about the enslavement of black people, that too undermined the mroal character of american society. Women and blacked people experience dominaiton in american society, and not autonomy. A soceity that promotes human happiness must have autonomy, dominaiton does not cause happiness.
