SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Egotism, Moral Panic, Age Of Enlightenment
16 Jan 2017
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Too little attention is given to the medium. Pointing out that something is a moral panic often has limited effect. If you were believed to be a criminal: Performed exorcism (belief you were taken by the devil) Trepanation: drilled holes in your skull to take out the devil in your brain. This was the thinking in the demonic era. Intellectual movement that occurred in the late 1600s and early 1700s. Religious dogma and superstitious beliefs were replaced with a belief in the scientific method and rational thought. Human activity determined by free will and rational thought, not spirits. Hunting of witches still takes place to this day. Free will and rational thought were the (cid:498)building blocks(cid:499) of human activity. Established basic civil liberties (judicial rights, flan rights, prevented king from doing whatever he wanted) In natural state, humans are (cid:498)nasty, brutish, and short(cid:499) Nurture, not nature, is the primary force that shapes us.
