Sociology is defined as the study of the development, structure, and functioning of human society; it provides tools for understanding how and why society functions while enlightening individuals on the social impacts of life. The knowledge withheld in the subject of sociology goes beyond the conven...
Doctors will not inspire trust unless patients are confident that doctors are for no reasons disposed to kill them; and have no inclinations to ask whether a patient is worth caring for or treating, rather than asking what care or treatment might benefit the patient. ...
Even the famous Alexis de Tocqueville recognized the prejudices in American democracy but noted its greatness as well; "I confess that in America I saw more than America; I sought the image of democracy itself, with its inclinations, its character, its prejudices, and its passions, in order to learn what we have to fear or hope from its progress" (Ball, p.45). ...
Equality: Why We Can't Get There Racial and economic equality in the United States is impossible. Starting with slavery, moving to Jim Crow and culminating with hate crimes and racial profiling, there has been a continuous stream of factors preventing the realization of an equal American societ...
