SOC 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences, Human Nature, Social Darwinism
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Or, he may desire to see the world as just because the status quo benefits him. The small fish might not see the world as just ; he is struggling to survive within the status quo. What is biological determinism: genetics, biology will produce behaviour, argument against free will, if something is biologically determined you won"t be able to change it, our conscious minds can"t do anything about it. Reflex vs. instinct: reflex is much smaller and instinct is much more elaborate. An instinct is an inborn complex pattern of behaviour that must normally exist in every member of the species and, because it is embedded in the genetic code, cannot be overcome by force of will. It should be distinguished from a reflex, which is a simple response of an organism to a specific stimulus (naiman, 2012, p. 26: babinski reflex, things that are hot you move away really fast, breathing, goose bumps.
