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Durkheim Flashcards

1
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Why is the division of labour important to society?

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Give rise to suitable modern morality

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3 Flaws of Durkheim’s account

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  1. Dependent on general social theory
  2. Implies evolutionary account
  3. More in keeping with primitive than modern societies
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3
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3 Texts Durkheim uses

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Division of labour
2 laws of penal evolution
Moral education

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What was the main point Durkheim made in Moral education

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We should run society to put forth a new moral order

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Definition of crime for Durkheim

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Acts which violate a society’s conscience collective and sacred norms

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6
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What is punishment about?

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Vengeance

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7
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What does Durkheim think about utilitarian aspects?

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Attempts rarely work

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What are Durkheim’s 2 laws of penal evolution

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Decreasing severity

Deprivations of liberty become the norm

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9
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What is the purpose of punishment

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Vengeane

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10
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What is the important insight Durkheim had?

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We want people to feel pain

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What false logic does Durkheim use?

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Tautology and false teleology

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12
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a statement that is true by necessity or by virtue of its logical form

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Tautology

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13
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Explaining something in terms of its function

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False teleology

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14
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Garland notes that Durkheim never explains how what 2 phenomenon occur in society

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Normative order

Collective conscience

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15
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What does crime elicit?

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Passion, fear, and anger

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16
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What determines their forms of punishment

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Organic and mechanical solidarity

17
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What is the consequence of not punishing for Durkheim?

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Produce demoralization

18
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When is punishment effective?

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When authority is strong.

19
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What are the rituals of criminal justice for Durkheim?

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Formal embodiment of collective conscience

20
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What is the higher utility of Punishment?

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Enhance social solidarity.

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