SOC100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: False Equivalence
30 Apr 2019
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Stokes- no, you are not entitled to your opinion. You are only entitled to what you argue for. It is important to recognise when a belief becomes indefensible. Often, you are entitled to your opinion" is used to shelter believes that should have been abandoned. Opinion it has a degree of subjectivity and uncertainty. Can range from taste in food to political issues. People still say that vaccination causes autism even after it has been disproven several times. People often feel like their private lives are too complicated to be solved. Life of an individual cant be understood without understanding the history of society and vice versa. Sociological imagination is what people need: it enables its possessor to understand the larger historical scene in terms of its meaning for the inner life and the external career of a variety of individuals. It considers how individuals become conscious of their social position through their daily lives.
