SOCIOL 2BB3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Norm (Social), Pragmatism, Logan International Airport
18 Apr 2020
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De ning deviance can be challenging because everyone has their own measure of deviance. Two fundamental different ways to start thinking about deviance. Deviance as certain types of behaviours, traits, beliefs. Treating deviance as something that exists and real. Thinking of it as a thing, this can be a behaviour or action or trait. The practice or action is deviant: what things are deviant, what makes them deviant. No doesn"t have to violate social norm, if it is causing harm to someone or society. Statistic, is the majority agreeing or partaking in. Anything against the law: with each of these there are going to be problems. Do we ignore those views of people who partake in things like intimacy with children. Objectivists would say, there are issues with these de nitions, but we must overlook the problem. To understand how to reduce and xing society. No act, belief or trait is inherently deviant.
