Sociology
Nonconformity to a set of norms accepted by society
What is deviance?
What is natural law?
An economic system marked by private ownership and a free market
What is capitalism?
How households and firms buy and sell goods and services
What is microeconomics?
The writing of history
What is historiography?
The first person to call himself a sociologist
Who is Emile Durkheim?
Administrative regulations that ensure safety and efficiency in society
What is order?
The agreement citizens enter into with the government to ensure protection from those who would harm them
What is a social contract?
The belief that God owns everything and expects us to take care of it and increase its value
What is Biblical stewardship?
The father of history
Who was Herodotus?
The three spheres of society
What are family, church, and state?
Using the law to redistribute society's goods to compensate for unfair advantages
What is distributive justice?
Seeks to advance the interests of groups that are purported victims of social injustices due their minority status
What is identity politics?
When the government influences aspects of a market economy in an attenpt to improve the public good
What is economic interventionism?
The belief that society will continually improve through human initiative
What is social progress?
The starting point of secular sociology
What is personal autonomy?
Assumes an action is legal unless specifically prohibited
What is common law?
The belief that political systems can be used to create economic prosperity, minimize risk, and advance society
What is progressivism?
Scottish philosopher who introduced the concept of free markets
Who is Adam Smith?
Reinterpreting the past to serve an ideological purpose
What is historical revisionism?
The belief that our actions are the result of social conditions such as gender, race, and class
What is sociological determinism?
The law is not tied to morality; it is whatever those in power have decided it to be
What is legal positivism?
The third step in transitioning from capitalism to communism
What is dissolving the state?
Claims that the availability of something in the market creates a demand equal to its value
What is Say's Law?
The view that the world and human existence are without meaning, purpose, or essential value
What is nihilism?