Ethics Quiz Partial 3 Sem 2 Flashcards
Examples of families and problems
In medieval times in France city’s people kids were raised by the same people outside the city.
Western, in 1970’s the nuclear family appears, the one we know now.
In popua, they have a monthly ritual in which everyone has sex, and everyone treats all kids like their own.
And everything can be an argument for discussion, everything is morals, even family
What is a family?
It’s a social-cultural-historical institution. The concept depends ok culture, society and specific time or era. It’s different for all societies depending mainly on what they need. A social convention, a contract invvibg the government.
Things like family and love, they’re created by society and government. They are the ones that tell us if something is accepted or not and make it seem like what they say is a natural thing even though it’s not. It’s to regulate certain thighs like sex…
Government decide family and marriage, also what we think we want is actually really twisted.
What do institutions make us do and think?
They regulate us by laws and social-cultural things like families and marriage, they make us things that are not natural are natural.
Relationship
Social tag that comes with a compromise and rights.
We need recognition that we are worth something(Maslow) so we can feel special, there’s an election behind it saying I choose you therefore you are worthy and this is the foundation of society and marriage. Society depends on people affirming those things
Citizenship, what it means and where it comes from.
A citizen is a person who knows how to live is a polis, has specific duties and rights.
In Greece to be a citizen you needed to be over sixteen-eighteen, free man, born there and a man.
Rights are political-social creations.
Polite: to be able to live in a polis.
If you fight against the system you are crazy for defending rights or things you consider good. It’s hard to get away from people that push down rights. And that’s how social movements emerge.
People have opinions
They speak because they can, with no morals whatsoever.
What is a social group?
Communities of people that are together because of a difference(characteristic:social, economic…) which gives them personality. And they do things (social/political actions) not only follow trends. They only make sense into certain circumstances(mostly the ones they were borne out of). Being stigmatized of society they take it and make it bigger to show there is an oppression and then make it theirs…
