Loisfield Moral Passage Analysis

The general arguments made by Todd Leopold and Doug Gross is that cell phones are a big part in the lives of people today. More specifically Leopold argues that cellphones are taking people’s imagination and creativity away. Leopold writes in this passage “ If you want to get any creativity thinking done, shut off the damned smart phone and detach, reflect and recharge.” In this passage, Leopold is suggesting that in order for people to think for themselves they have to let go off their phones and detach themselves from any technology.. A point made by author Doug Gross suggest cell phone use in today’s society is an addition. More specifically, Gross shares a study from an anthropology professor at the University of Alabama, that says just

The Painting selected for the collection is Mural 1943-1947 by Sante Graziani. Sante Graziani was an American artist and artist and art educator. He was known for his morals which adorned many public buildings. The painting allows for an effective opportunity to inspire and evoke interest for arts in students.

In this passage, Thomas P. states that many people argue that guns are the cause of the nearly 22% increase in the homicide rate between 2015 and 2016. While guns are a problem, giving restrictions may not be the solution. Most criminals would still be able to obtain these weapons illegally, leaving people that abide by the law without them for self protection. Actually, in the passage he says most gun crimes are performed with weapons that are already illegally possessed. Taking away a person’s right to own their own firearms also violates the second amendment, which states the right of the people to bear arms. That amendment was put in place so that civilians could overthrow an unjust government if ever put in that situation.

Deviance is dele didn’t on each society’s social construct and the time; each society views actions differently and the definition of deviance evolved with time. Throughout the novel there were many obvious examples of such behavior, known as “rule breaking.” After the school dance, Jakes date convinces him to have a party at his parents house since they’re away. At the party, there’s plenty of underage drinking, destruction of property, and partying. In fact, the behavior got so bad, that Jake was left with a hole from his first floor leading into his basement, a freshman geek stuck in his glass table, a completely messy home, and a destroyed wine cellar. These actions would be described as negative deviance, which involves behavior that fails to meet the accepted norms. Also, the characters who were portrayed as geeks and Long Dong are considered deviant because they do not conform to society’s expectations of how one should act. This is an example of non criminal deviance. Lastly, Farmer Ted drove Jake’s fathers car without his permission or a license; because this violates laws, this can be categorized as crime

Some deviate from societal norms because they want to acquire a new means of belongingness or membership that they can’t get elsewhere. For example, like the gang bangers in Los Angeles who shot the woman’s son may have done it to get into the gang to feel a part of something because they weren’t or didn’t feel accepted by the larger society. Some deviate due to poverty by innovating a way to make money quickly by selling drugs like that in New Orleans. Finally, some are even forced to deviate like the man who was laid off because he couldn’t repay his debt so he lost his home and was forced to become a dangerous consumer, hurting the economy, and a part of the other millions of poor people. Deviance is increasingly hurting the lives of many families and people as it is constantly changing and globally flows throughout the

Jonathan Bennett introduces us to the concept of sympathy and how feelings affect our morality. Morality is principles that one would approve of. They can be society based. What one society may find moral, another may not. If your actions or principles are ones that are not approved of, it would be considered bad morality. Just like human beings, morality is constantly evolving and changing. What we might have found moral years ago or even yesterday, we may no longer find moral today. Morality has taught us a lot of lessons, some good and some bad. Jonathan Bennett makes a good argument for sympathy and why we should allow it to sometimes win or tie with morality.

In my years growing up has been a whirlwind of events and fast growing to adulthood. I believe that all crime is not deviance and all deviance is not crime.. At a young age I wanted to get a move on with life I wanted to be an adult therefore I was employed with a fulltime job at fifteen years old, while still attending school fulltime. I took it a step further and was emancipated then married at fifteen years old to a man a few years older then me. Was this deviance to my family yes because I wanted to be an adult not a child? Was it a crime could have been but I believe

Generally, children say and mimic what they hear or see, such as words or rumors they hear or actions of others. The child will often learn and or be taught what to and not to do. However it is only when a child puts themselves in someone elses place when they learn, again, what to or not to do. Essentially moral growth is the process where someone learns what to or not to do; this definition of moral growth is shown in the Novel to Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. In Harper Lee’s novel to Kill a Mockingbird, Scout grows morally as a character through her gain of empathy towards other people; She learns this through the events of, having Walter Cunningham for dinner, her conversation with uncle jack, and finally her observation on Ms. Gates discussion in class.

Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Development reflects on the idea that people’s decisions are based on how they process the importance of a situation. According to his theory, there are three stages of moral development: preconventional, conventional, and postconventional. Each level is based on how a person’s reflects to making a moral decision. In each level there are two stages on how their level of sophistication affected their way of thinking.

“What is Moral Courage? It is the ability to distinguish right from wrong and having so distinguished it, be prepared to say so, irrespective of the views held by your superiors or subordinates and of consequences to yourself.” This is a quote by Sam Manekshaw, the first Indian Army officer to be promoted to the rank of field marshal, and it perfectly sums up what moral courage is. Moral Courage is to know when something isn’t right, and say something about it whether or not your peers approve. In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, there was a black man named Tom Robinson who was accused of raping a woman named Mayella and was found guilty even though the evidence says otherwise. Also during 1931, a trial that prosecuted 9 boys for raping two women was an extremely prejustice case. In both cases, the innocent were found guilty and wrongs were not righted due to the civil injustices at that time, and moral courage was not shown in either of these cases except for the few to speak out.

Crime can be described as an act that harmful to an individual as well as the society; such acts are against and punishable by the law. While deviance can be described as acting against social norms, for example a boy wearing a skirt would be out of place in the society

Deviance is the behavior and the standards of expectations of a group or society. It is also behavior that is considered dangerous, threatening or offensive. The people that are deviant are often labeled to be weirdos, oddballs, or creeps. In the United States, people with tattoos, drug addicts, alcoholics, and compulsive gamblers are all considered deviant. Sociologists believe that everybody is deviant from time to time. They believe each person will violate a social norm in certain situations. People are considered deviant if they don't stand for the national anthem at a sports event, dress casually to a fancy restaurant, or skip classes. One category of deviance is Crime. Crime is a violation of norms

Deviance and crime is relative to the time and place that you are living in. No particular action itself is deviant or a crime is all depends on society, and how people react to it. Howard becker stated that “social groups create deviance by making rules whose infraction constitute deviance” (Becker, 1963) However functionalists would argue that we need consensus, and that these rules that define deviance help to give our society order. (Thompson, 2011)

Author of the 2002 Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice, Charles R. states that the word deviance is one that “usually refers to some behavior that is inconsistent with the standards of acceptable conduct prevailing in a given social group, although the term has also been used to designate personal conditions, ideas, or statuses that are stigmatized or disreputable” (p. 1). Assuming this ideal as fact, we must consider those who influence the change in behavior that is deemed “disreputable.” In order to understand this, the Nation must be observed in a large scale while searching for the persons that are most influential. In this way, we must designate which behaviors are considered deviant and how those influential people help those behaviors to be deemed so. Anything similar to gang activity, drug use, violence of any

When discussing deviance and what most people classify as deviant, many won’t admit that they find people who are poor, and people who are ethically different as deviant. But when observing people’s actions, it is obvious that they do. We are all guilty of purposely avoiding walking near a homeless person, or avoiding eye contact with them at a stop light. These action and behaviors prove that we see these people as deviant. I agree with Goode, that poverty can take individuals and make them deviant or make them more deviant than they already were. “Shame is what the poverty-stricken individuals feel,” (Goode 85), which makes these individuals more likely to partake in illegal activities. They will partake in these activities as a sort of income, for example the using and selling drugs, or they will partake in these activities because they know they are already stigmatized, and there is no point in trying to prove otherwise. Which further proves that being poor may be deviant on its own but it also causes deviance. If middle and upper class Americans were more open and accepting to the poor, then I think they would be less likely to commit deviant acts. Poverty is a self-fulfilling prophecy because it is harder for these individuals to better themselves when they are already labeled as deviant.