MASTER STATUS In labelling theory, the dominant label is most often referred to as the "master status". The master status is the attached label that is normally seen as a characteristic of more importance than all other aspects of the person. ... According to Becker, after the individual has been labelled as deviant, they progress down the path of a deviant career and it becomes hard to shake off the deviant label as others see it as a master status of the individual. ...

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By being masters of themselves and proprietors of their own actions and labor, men had in themselves a great foundation of property and independence. ... By virtue of recognizing these God-given rights and laws of nature, through exercising dominion over oneself with regard to the rights of others, societies would benefit greatly in sustaining civility and morality. ... Just as Locke asserted we are born into natural law(s) or as Tocqueville claimed that democracy would unavoidably harvest civility and morality, Marx claimed that the resolution of the problems of capitalism were alrea...

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Jefferson's words of the new Constitution were based on strong merit, but may have been overly optimistic considering the state of morality at the time: "I believe this the strongest government on earth. ...

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