SOCIOL 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Symbolic Capital, Pirkei Avot, Financial Capital
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Justifying commands by saying they are rational. Decisions based on rules justified by rational ends (efficiency, eci truth, etc) Actions are bound by rules (laws, regulations, bureaucratic rules, etc) Rules universally known and apply to everyone and are impersonal. Power of the position-occupant is impersonal (e. g judge"s recusals) Rationality of means and rationality of ends (substantive rationality) If we have rational rules then the end outcome is fine. Sci = rational means and facts can be used however they are used (dont blame us when we are producing only medication for the wealthy) Ends (what matters is the result rather than the means) Judge sci what it is used for (destroying the planet) (who is science being used for?) Capitalism is fundamentally irrational as it produces class conflict (marx) (rational. Means produce a rational end) (answer was communism) Problem because firms want to predict the future and want stability. Constant effort made to counteract negative effects of rationality.
