Saturday, October 25, 2008

*Do you believe in the rationality, perfectability, and mutability premises? What social institutions and practices are based on these beliefs?

I do beleive the rationality, perfectablity, and mutability premises. Social institutions such as our justice system follow the rationality premise. Where one can find truth and logically analyzing a situation to discover a conclusion. I especially beleive in the mutability premis that human behavior is shaped by environmental factors. If someone is raised in a terrible neighborhood where crime and poverty flourish it takes great restraint to follow the correct path. People that are born in affluent neighborhoods to educated families have a much easier time. By improving our surroundings we can add to our productivity. For example, if we work in an office we tend to be much more productive if the office is clean and organized. Or, if our house and neighborhood are clean we tend to be more productive.

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