Sociology

The paper must be in MLA format.  You must use 5 scholarly sources, 3 different types, and have at least 5 cited references (one on each page). When you submit the paper you will receive an originality report, and you can click on the percentage to view the report notes.  The percentage of that report must be 13, or less in order to receive credit for the work.  Your original draft is due the day the class covers your topic, but you are permitted to upload & delete the paper as many times as you need to in order to acheive the 13%, or less requirement. topic is black sociology  1) summarize the topic 2) emphasize key points, people, and places to remember 3) discuss ways the particular subject impacts African American people and their existence in American society 4) also discuss the history of the subject, related organizations, trends, and challenges.

Need an initial journal post, with a follow up post. The word count can be divided between the two.  I will be posting them individually a day apart.  As we conclude this course we have come to realize that the relationship between any religion and society is very complicated.  But there does seem to be agreement that religion is not just an individual experience, that it has a social dimension.  What specific ideas in your religious tradition seem important for a just and vibrant society?  This can include beliefs, symbols, ethical mandates, or other insights that are crucial for the well-being of a society.  Elaborate. Peter Berger is a modern scholar on religion and society.  Feel free to comment on the following video interview as well.

Should church and state be separate? Why or why not? How and why did separation of church and state and religious freedom develop from movements that shaped the colonial era? Comment on a current controversy involving separation of church and state or religious freedom. How do these modern-day concepts differ from those of the colonial founders?.

Write a 2?3 page, 1 ½ or double spaced, typed essay discussing your reasons for seeking professional public health education. Your paper should be written and organized around the following subheadings and questions: a.       Introduction: Briefly summarize (1 paragraph) what this essay is about. b.      Life Experience: How do your life experiences influence your potential for success in social work education (or, if you are not a social work major, your success in your chosen major field of study)? c.       Career Plans: How do you plan to use your social work degree after graduation? (If you are not a social work major, discuss how this social work class will help you in your education at Wayne State) d.      Personal Strengths and Challenges: In choosing the social work profession (or, for non-social work majors, in choosing to take this course), how do you see your values, strengths and weaknesses reflected in:                                                                   i.      Your concern for social problems;                                                                 ii.      Your relationships;                                                               iii.      Capacity to be self?critical;                                                               iv.      Your attitudes toward people different from you in race, religion and culture;                                                                 v.      Your attitudes toward ideas and attitudes different from your own;                                                               vi.      Your ability to work under pressure. e.      Strategies for Success: What strategies will you utilize in order to meet the rigors and challenges of being a student in the Social Work program at Wayne State University? (If you are not a social work major, discuss how you intend to meet the rigors and challenges of your academic pathway at Wayne State). f.        Leadership and Service: Part of the mission of the School of Social Work is to provide innovative leadership and service to the urban community and the profession. How do you plan to use your social work education to do this? (If you are not a social work major, discuss how you see yourself contributing to your community and your chosen profession after graduation.) g.       Conclusion: Briefly summarize your key points, including what you learned by writing this essay.

The purpose of this discussion assignment is two-fold: to demonstrate a deeper understanding of forgiveness and active vs. passive approaches with regard to relationships and forgiveness,  and to integrate learning on forgiveness with your overall learning from the journal exercises and the course. Write a 400-500 word discussion post that discusses takeaways from this section related to the above 2 areas.  Questions to consider when addressing Part 1 of the question: Take some time to reflect on this week’s topic of forgiveness. What did you learn about forgiveness and impact on relationships? How does this affect your own goals for growth in the areas of forgiveness, apology, and facilitating forgiveness? What is the value of an active vs. passive approach to relationships and forgiveness? How could you use knowledge of forgiveness and reconciliation in your work as a helping professional?  Questions to consider when addressing Part II of the question: Why is it important to address skills and competencies, such as those addressed in your learning journal (e.g. communication skills, anger management, etc.) and to grow in the area of mindfulness? How have you personally grown with regard to skills and competencies related to forgiveness and all of the other competencies addressed in your learning journal and the course? What goals do you have for continued improvement and filling in gaps in these areas and what challenges do you face with accomplishing these goals?   CITE: Interpersonal Conflict Reading by Wilmot & Hocker – Chapter 10, pages 318-358 and Chapter 6, pages 195-226 Human Services Application Reading by Barksy: Facilitating Forgiveness, pages 423-428

Answer only FOUR (4) of the questions below. Full answers should be approximately 200-300 words. 1. Discuss the historical and modern relationship between European notions of science and religion as distinct approaches to truth. How did the concept of science effect early theories on religion put forth by anthropologists like James Frazer, Emile Durkheim, and Bronislaw Malinowski? In what ways could these anthropologists be considered ethnocentric? 2. What are Creation Myths? How do anthropologists classify them? What are some common attributes of mythologies that have been recorded from around the world? 3. What is Animism?What role do early anthropologists suggest that it may have played in the origins of magical and religious thinking? 4. Describe some repercussions of colonial European encounters with indigenous populations. How did these encounters shape the belief systems of both groups? 5. How have Tricksters been defined in anthropology? What are some of their characteristics? What are some ideas about the purpose they serve within belief systems? What are some examples of Trickster characters? 6. What are some of the ways that the persecution of witches in Europe from ~1550 to ~1650 may have shaped the course of the continent’s political and economic development. 7. What role has wealth and/or inequality played in shaping people’s belief systems? How do the various monotheistic religions characterize wealth and poverty? How do some traditional mystical-magical belief systems characterize wealth and poverty? 8. Define Epistemology and Ontology. How do these two concepts effect each other? What does it mean to speak of multiple ontologies?

Why is poetry a good way to write about wisdom for the Hebrew people? What do we learn about the problem of evil (theodicy) from Job? What aspects of God’s character are challenged by the presence of evil in the world? Why are the psalms comforting and helpful for so many? What do they do for those who read them? What do they teach people in modern life to do? From the Near Eastern readings, choose two examples of poetry or wisdom that would echo similar sentiments found in the readings from this section.

Answer questions fully and in complete sentences. 1.     Complete the selected reading from The Feminine Mystique.  What major problem does the author say modern women have?  She problem does she say Victorian era women had, and how is it different for women in the modern day? 2.     Describe what a day in the life of the Southall Black Sisters Forced Marriage Unit is like. 3.     Why are feminists in disagreement over whether or not Beyonce’s art is feminist?  What is your opinion? Why? 4.     Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a Nigerian author.  Generally speaking, what is life in Nigeria like for a woman?  Why do you think Beyonce chose to sample this Ted Talk in her song and video “Flawless”? 5.     In one of the Versailles videos, the narrator talks about the Hall of Mirrors.  Why did Louis XIV choose to have mirrors in this hall?  Why were mirrors a sign of wealth? 6.     What was strange about the Queen’s Hamlet?  Why is it a sign of the disconnect between the ruling French aristocracy and the commoners? 7.     Some economists think that we live in the time of the greatest global income inequality (separation between rich and poor).  In “Breaking the Camel’s Back”, explain what “between-county inequality” is and how it affects global inequality. 8.     Google the artist Bansky.  What is unique about his artistic style?  How do you think Louis XIV would feel about his style of art?

It is an analysis on the Willowbrook Hepatitis Experiments. The reading is from Intervention and Reflection (Basic Issues in Bioethics) by Ronald Munson and Ian Lague.  I have attached the required reading parts for this assignment in a PDF. It starts on pg. 140 at The Willowbrook Hepatitis Experiments to pg. 141. Then it goes from the bottom of pg. 172 at Section 1: Consent and Experimentation to the top half of pg 179.  The directions are to organize an analysis according to these 3 questions: 1) First present the case as it happened including all of the important details. As you do this, explain what moral values are involved and if there are any conflicting values. 2) Present an explanation of how you believe Aristotle (Virtue Ethics) would judge the case in question. Would Aristotle understand the outcome involved to be morally right or wrong? Why? Analyzing a case according to Aristotle requires applying the moral virtues to the case in question. Next, present an explanation of how you believe Kant (Deontological Ethics) would judge the case in question. Would Kant understand the outcome involved to be morally right or wrong? Why? Analyzing a case according to Kant requires applying the Categorical Imperative in the two forms we discussed. Lastly, present an explanation of how you believe Mill (Utilitarian Ethics) would judge the case in question. Would Mill understand the outcome involved to be morally right or wrong? Why? Analyzing a case according to Mill requires applying the Greatest Happiness Principle and any secondary rules that apply to the case. 3) Present what you believe to be the most ethically sound outcome for this case, regardless of how it actually happened, and why you think that. Please carefully answer everything that is being asked and to cite anything that was used. Thank you.

This assignment will have you evaluating your social interaction in a recent group role setting. Choose the group context you’d like (family, friends, workplace, dorm, class, club, etc.) Describe the interaction and your role within it. Include aspects of group interaction that we discussed in class…group size? friendly/cooperative? role you played? etc. Your inclusion of chapter terms would only strengthen your answer!