Sociology Answers

Why does C. Wright Mills identify Critical Thinking as one of the most important criteria for the development of intellectual craftsmanship? Why is constantly being aware of the biased nature of your reactions and interactions (What C. Wright Mills calls Self-Reflexive) key to the development of that Critical Thinking? Finally, why is keeping a file important, how can it lean to intellectual curiosity which can foster critical thinking and help to develop a keen analytical mind?

How can consequentialism benefit development practices?

Critically discuss Rule-based Morality (deontology) under the following sub-headings:
(i) What determines the rightness and wrongness of an action?
(ii) What are the main types of the rules normally introduced into deontological moral systems?
(iii) What are the major suggested sources of moral rules and what are their strengths and weaknesses?
What are the main strengths of deontological moral systems?
(v) What are the main weaknesses of deontological moral systems?

Discuss Manfred Max-Neef's development ethic of "Human Scale Development". How does this theory compare with the Basic Needs Approach?

Critically discuss the Basic Needs Approach as an ethic of sustainable development.

1.two major criteria to classify observation are?
i.control and participation ii.focus and control iii.participation and focus iv.structure and focus

2.conventional research in sociology involves
1.humanist methodology
ii.qualitative methodology
iii.positivist methodology
iv.interactionist methodology
3.ideal type is a
i.construct
ii.concept
iii.variable
iv.value
4.which one can be considered as an universal basis of inequality
i.sex ii.caste iii.race iv language

What is Consequentialism (hedonism,egoism,altruism )

Theories of decision making in International Development

What is the concept of sustainable development and its history

What is ethics?