Social Norms And Morality Analysis

Most of the people in America identify themselves as moderate or they do not know if they are conservative or liberal (Magleby 103). I would rank myself as a liberal on the seven-point-identification scale because from what I know of conservatives, their beliefs clash with mine. According to the political surveys that we took in government class, I am a strong liberal. I have always been against conservative views for as long as I can remember; my family, especially my very conservative cousin that mentioned earlier, did not like that I did not conform to certain roles and scolded me for it, thus, resulting in my resentment of conservatives and conservative views. As I grew older, I noticed that I had unconsciously leaned more towards conservative views as a child because I wanted to fit in and not be the outlier in my family; now though, I can clearly see the faulty logic that my family holds and that it is alright for me to have my own

I have never identified myself as conservative or liberal. I just don't find identity in either of those ideologies. I'm glad that I hold views from both sides of the isle, it helps me to not judge one party or ideology harder than another and it helps me to understand were each are coming from. I am right in between my mother and grandmother in my home. My grandmother would probably be consider a Democrat in name only (DINO) because she a registered Democrat and believes in the what Democrats say she doesn't really support it. My mom is a registered independent but she defiantly leans to the right. I feel like the both of them have helped shape my views on politics. When it comes to friends, in my friend group there are three hard core conservatives, two moderate conservatives, and 2 liberals. With such a mixed group I’m glad I find myself in the center. I learned a lot from the political spectrum analysis that helps me understand what I identify

When I was in my Government class in high school, I took a test in class to see where in the political spectrum I was in. When I counted all my answers, I came to the bar and saw that I was in the middle but learning to the left. That was when I officially identified myself as a liberal. Before then politics were a boring stuff that adults fuss and quarrel about. After getting that title, I started looking things differently, every time I observe a political issue I would just see which side a liberal is supposed to be at and say I support it. Since I believed myself to be on the left. I never for one second thought, a sane person could be on the right. They are all crazy old white racist men was what I was told. It was not until I took a GOV

I am a moderate conservative. I believe abortion is wrong and people should not be allowed to murder an innocent life. I also believe in marriage equality. It should be allowed, but not encouraged and celebrated. I feel gun ownership is one’s right, but it should be monitored and require a license. I find myself aligning with a conservative viewpoint while agreeing with some liberal ideas.

As a society we set standards to how an individual should present themselves in any setting they may be attending. A professor name James M. Henslin (2015), explained in a text book that a norm is an expectation that we set of “right” behavior within any setting (49). A norm violation can vary in many situations from affecting a person’s hearing, sight, smell, taste, personal space or just making an individual uncomfortable. Presenting a different type of behavior that is “enforced because they are thought essential to core values or the wellbeing of a group” (51) may be a different view of defining a norm violation.

The year was 2015 and I just sat down in the 9th-grade social studies class, government. Nothing truly exciting or life-changing happened right away, we were just taught` how the government worked and so on. Then we are told we will be doing a class election but before we start working on the project, we need to learn a little about ourselves. In order to really see what we believe in we are given a couple quiz like things to see where our answers put us and I learn that most of my views would be considered conservative and at this time I really didn’t know what that meant, but I notice that a lot of my friends had the same results, they were conservative. This all made sense when I thought about it because when you are spending anywhere

While taking the course Contemporary Public Issues, I have gained a vast amount of knowledge on the subject of political ideologies and have seen the different ideologies explained, criticized, and commended from several diverse viewpoints as I participated in the class discussions and read the selected course readings. These readings and class discussions have greatly influenced my ideological preferences. After evaluating the assigned course readings and reflecting on the class discussions that were held, I have come to the conclusion that I possess both liberal and conservative ideological preferences including: government action should take place to ensure equal opportunity, change should happen slowly over time, and religion should be a private issue. Although I possess both liberal and conservative ideological preferences, I feel that I lean more towards liberal tendencies when it comes to

I have never wanted to consider myself on one side or the other when it came to politics. I just wanted to be on the morally correct side. I realized that it is difficult to talk of one’s views and opinions with someone without placing oneself on either side. Considering and outweighing all of the different views

The typology assigned to me after taking the Pew Research Center survey was “Solid Liberal.” People under

Although my parents are moderates, I’m definitely a liberal. My beliefs closely align with the liberals. For example, I believe that people should look to the government to provide a structure. Laws are enacted to protect every individual for an equal society sometimes at the expense of economic freedom if necessary. Additionally, I’m very liberal on controversial social issues such as abortion, equal rights for gay couples, and equal pay for equal work. I also support rules, regulations, and restrictions around the right to bear arms.

I come from a liberal family. I participate in liberal groups. I voted for Hillary. Yet I am a conservative.

Social norms are what the world or society view as acceptable ways to act. A social norm that I tend to follow would be facing the front when riding on an elevator. This is one that I assume most people follow, but I have actually been in a situation where someone walked on an elevator while they were texting and never turned around. I had never thought about that being socially normal until someone didn’t face the door. However, it is only normal because the majority believes it’s normal.

Yesterday Ella started off the the class with her protocol. before she asked her question she noted some important points. The definition of justice is different for everyone and because of that there can be no universal definition for justice. She posed the question: How are laws supposed to be the epitome of justice if it cannot include everyone’s definition. The point to take away from here is that they can’t. Laws are based on moral grounds but at the same time, the definition of morals are different to everybody as well. The one thing we all, in some way, follow are ethical norms and Dr. Matthews gave the example of the golden ratio. In some situations, some things are hardwired into our brain to be wrong for example torturing an animal.

My political socialization is very similar to the one I've listed above. My mother is a liberal and my father is a conservative. Those two political ideologies have helped me gain a understanding of both sides and both views of a liberal and a conservative. My best friend Gavin is a conservative and

My political standpoints are influenced countless factors throughout my life; political socialization is “the process by which people acquire political beliefs and values” (CITATION 119). However, I would consider myself to be ignorant towards most political news or issues happening in the United States or in the world. I would not consider myself to be a liberal, democrat, conservative, or republican; I would declare myself as independent; CITATION. I believe that there are some factors that have influenced my political standpoints; some have formed my beliefs and others have convinced me to value otherwise.