SOCB43H3 Lecture Notes - Mechanical And Organic Solidarity
Document Summary
Primary rule of conduct that all people have recognized as moral character is: everybody should realize themselves as collective type (good citizens) The notion of collective type is nothing other than expression of particular society. Cannot ever get away from society because of moral ambitions. The function of our moral rules (to be like collective type) is to protect the common conscience (common set of values and beliefs that hold us together), thus protecting social solidarity, if not then society disintegrates. There"s another moral rule: not be like collective type but rather specialize, do your own tasks as specialized as possible and don"t be inspired. Social cohesion, it holds us all together. For complex societies: chaos! conflicts can struggle. Consequence: every moral rule has very same goal solidarity: society changes. It is not necessary to decide which of two moral rules is better one. It is necessary to give relative priority to one moral rule.
