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Course Sociology - General Sociology Moral,
Legal, and Religious Perspectives on Social
Justice. In Chapter 1 of your textbook, justice
is analyzed from three perspectives, each with
its own set of relevant concepts. The text
includes three case studies for consideration
from each perspective. Select one (only one) of
these case studies as the focus of your initial
post in this discussion. Then analyze the
selected case study from the justice perspective
which accompanies it and answer the following
questions. a. If you select Case Study 1.1
Jacob Little and Walmart, analyze it from the
perspective of justice as a moral concept. Your
analysis must address the following questions
Did Walmart offer Jacob a just wage? Why or why
not? Was the aldermans decision to let Walmart
operate in the city just? Why or why not? If
you were the alderman, what would you do to more
fully promote justice in the situation? Why? b.
If you select Case Study 1.2 Just Desserts?,
analyze it from the perspective of justice as a
legal concept. Was the courts sentence for Mr.
Allen just? Why or why not? Was the courts
sentence for Mr. Brown just? Why or why not? If
you were the judge presiding over both of these
trials, what would you do to more fully promote
justice in them? Why? c. If you select Case
Study 1.3 Honor the Sabbath or Keep Your Job,
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SOC 331 Week 1 DQ 1 Moral, Legal, and Religious
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Week 1 DQ 1 Moral, Legal, and Religious
Perspectives on Social Justice Sociology -
General Sociology Moral, Legal, and Religious
Perspectives on Social Justice. In Chapter 1 of
your textbook, justice is analyzed from three
perspectives, each with its own set of relevant
concepts. The text includes three case studies
for consideration from each perspective. Select
one (only one) of these case studies as the focus
of your initial post in this discussion. Then
analyze the selected case study from the justice
perspective which accompanies it and answer the
following questions. a. If you select Case Study
1.1 Jacob Little and Walmart, analyze it from
the perspective of justice as a moral concept.
Your analysis must address the following
questions Did Walmart offer Jacob a just wage?
Why or why not? Was the aldermans decision to
let Walmart operate in the city just? Why or why
not? If you were the alderman, what would you
do to more fully promote justice in the
situation? Why?
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SOC 331 Week 1 DQ 2 The Justice of Climate
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Climate Change Sociology - General Sociology The
Justice of Climate Change. In Chapter 1 of your
textbook, the author identifies the possible
causes and consequences of global warming/climate
change as emerging issues loaded with
implications for justice. He also analyzes the
concepts of distributive justice, commutative
justice, and retributive justice and suggests
their relevance to conversations about how
individuals, businesses, and nations should
respond justly to evidence of global warming.
These conversations are made more difficult by
acrimonious debates about the quality of the
scientific evidence that supports global warming
hypotheses as well as the motives and integrity
of various scientists on both sides of the issue.
Case Study 1.4 Getting Warmer? illustrates
this problem. Familiarize yourself with the
debate highlighted in Case Study 1.4 by reviewing
the required resources for this discussion. Then
apply concepts of distributive justice,
commutative justice, and retributive justice to
answer the following questions. a. How should the
concept of distributive justice influence the
response of the United States to evidence of
global warming? Why?
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Quiz Sociology - General Sociology 1. Question
War comes from a German word that originally
meant Student Answer Concord Accord Discord Order
Instructor Explanation The answer can be found
in Section 1.3 Justice as a Religious
Concept Points Received 1 of 1 Comments 2. Quest
ion Some scientists claim that there is no need
to worry about global warming. What is
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SOC 331 Week 2 DQ 1 Justice from Four
Perspectives Family, Community, State, and Nation
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Perspectives Family, Community, State, and
Nation Sociology - General Sociology Justice from
Four Perspectives Family, Community, State, and
Nation. In Chapter 2, the author urges students
to look at justice through the lens of reason
by developing frameworks that permit careful
analysis and evaluation of competing views
(Dreisbach, 2013, Section 2.1). He provides an
example of such a framework by analyzing how the
concept of justice varies when viewed from the
different perspectives of family, community,
state, and nation. In this discussion, you will
apply this framework to analyze justice issues
arising from demands for the legalization of a
traditionally prohibited behavior in the United
States same-sex marriage. Before responding,
carefully read the discussion question
below According to the revised 2010 Census, in
the United States there were 131,729 same-sex
married couple households and 514,735 same-sex
unmarried partner households.
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SOC 331 Week 2 DQ 2 Justice and Socio-Economic
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Socio-Economic Class Sociology - General
Sociology Justice and Socio-Economic Class. In
Chapter 2 of the textbook, the author describes
meanings for the concept of socio-economic class
and analyzes how perceptions of justice may be
influenced by class distinctions in American
society (see Section 2.4). He also references the
related views of two provocative and
thought-provoking contemporary scholars. Robert
H. Frank provides an economic analysis, and
Charles Murray offers a socio-cultural
interpretation. In this discussion, you will
summarize the perspective of one of these
scholars and evaluate its relevance to
understanding how class influences beliefs about
justice. Review the questions below and select
one (only one) of these scholars as the focus of
your initial post. a. Robert H. Frank. Debates
about distributive justice among economic classes
often characterize the outlook of the rich as
libertarian, the views of the poor as
egalitarian, and the perspective of the
middle-class as utilitarian. This over-simplified
framework may translate into conflicting
ideologies about the role of government in
achieving economic
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Quiz Sociology - General Sociology 1. Question
A neighbor hood covenant prohibiting homeowners
from making changes to their property without
permission is an example of Student
Answer Retributive justice Distributive
justice Commutative justice Restorative
justice Instructor Explanation The answer can be
found in 2.2 Justice from the Perspectives of
Different Levels of Family Points Received 1 of
1 Comments

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SOC 331 Week 2 State vs. Federal Marijuana
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vs. Federal Marijuana Legalization Sociology -
General Sociology State vs. Federal Marijuana
Legalization. For this assignment, you will again
follow the suggestion to look at justice
through frameworks that permit careful analysis
and evaluation of competing views (Dreisbach,
2013, Section 2.1). Again, you will apply his
framework for analyzing how the concept of
justice varies when viewed from the different
perspectives of family, community, state, and
nation. In this assignment, you will apply this
framework to analyze justice issues arising from
recent successful efforts to legalize
recreational marijuana use in two states and
medical marijuana in several other states. Before
responding, carefully read the assignment prompt
below. By the end of 2012, eighteen states and
the District of Columbia had legalized medical
marijuana use, under various circumstances, and
two states had legalized recreational marijuana
use. Legalization proposals are pending in other
states. At the same time, the federal
governments Controlled Substances Act (CSA)
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SOC 331 Week 3 DQ 1 Distributive Justice Across
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Distributive Justice Across the
Generations Sociology - General
Sociology Distributive Justice Across the
Generations. In Chapter 3 of your textbook, the
author discusses how demographic differences,
such as age, influence understandings of
distributive justice. He also reviews how
libertarian, utilitarian, and egalitarian
theories of distributive justice enter into
conversations across demographic divides. The
soaring cost of health care, the limitations of
the economy in paying for health care, and the
growing proportion of the population who are over
age 65, have given rise to serious discussion, at
times acrimonious, about the possible need to or
the justice of rationing health care to that age
group. A common definition ofrationing is
withholding some specific medical treatments for
reasons other than a patients desire to have the
treatment (e.g., Medicare not paying for certain
treatments for very elderly patients). In your
discussion, you must, from the perspective of
distributive justice, summarize the major
arguments on both sides (the pros and cons) of
the issue of whether health care should be
rationed to the elderly. You must also
characterize these arguments according to whether
they are primarily libertarian, utilitarian, or
egalitarian in nature. Finally, you will evaluate
these arguments from your view of distributive
justice, explaining both
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SOC 331 Week 3 DQ 2 Distributive Justice and
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Distributive Justice and Scarce Natural
Resources Sociology - General Sociology Distributi
ve Justice and Scarce Natural Resources. In
Chapter 3 of the text, the author calls attention
to how struggles for scarce natural resources
will pose increasingly difficult problems of
distributive justice in the future, on both the
local and global levels. Case 3.4 Fracking
Friction (in Section 3.4) explores this issue in
the context of fracking for natural gas. Suppose
that the connection between fracking and adverse
health effects is as yet an unproven possibility.
Do individuals health interests outweigh the
property interests of energy companies in
withholding information about fracking chemicals,
which they claim are trade-secrets? Why or why
not? Your initial post must, from the perspective
of distributive justice, explain your response to
the above questions as they relate to Case 3.4.
Consider the issue from both sides (the pros and
cons). Incorporate arguments that draw upon
libertarian, utilitarian, and egalitarian views
of distributive justice. To help you successfully
complete this discussion, review the following
required resources a. Fracking secrets by
thousands keep U.S. clueless on wells b.
Fracking Abundant energy, but at what cost?
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Quiz Sociology - General Sociology 1. Question
Of the following, which is NOT an element in
George McGoverns new definition of
defense? Student Answer The quality of our
education Military protection against
terrorism The health of our people The strength
of our transportation Instructor Explanation The
answer can be found in Section 3.2 Distributive
Justice from the Perspectives of Family and
Society Points Received 1 of 1 Comments
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SOC 331 Week 4 DQ 1 Commutative Justice and
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Commutative Justice and Embryo Adoption Sociology
- General Sociology Commutative Justice and
Embryo Adoption. In Chapter 4 of the textbook,
the author examines commutative justice as
arising from contractual relationships a
specific contract among particular parties or a
broader social contract on which a community or
nation is based. He also discusses how the
interpretation or enforceability of a specific
contract may be influenced by the principles and
values that are part of the broader social
contract. At the end of 2012, more than 600,000
frozen embryos are being maintained in
cryopreservation storage facilities in the United
States. Some of them are the subject of
agreements in which one party transfers one or
more embryos to another party for implantation.
Such agreements may be called Embryo Adoption
Agreements, although there is controversy over
the use of the term adoption since the legal
status of an embryo is different from that of a
living child. In recent years, there have been a
number of legal disputes arising from these
agreements. Cynthia Marietta describes one of
these disputes, McLaughlin v. Lambert, in her
article, Frozen embryo litigation spotlights
pressing questions What is the legal status of
an embryo and can it be adopted?    
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SOC 331 Week 4 DQ 2 Commutative Justice and the
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Commutative Justice and the National
Debt Sociology - General Sociology Commutative
Justice and the National Debt. In Chapter 4 of
the text, the author examines commutative justice
across the generations (see Section 4.5). This
idea arises from the writings of British
political thinker Edmund Burke (1790) Society
is indeed a contract a partnership in all art, a
particular in every virtue, and in all
perfection. As the ends of such a partnership
cannot be obtained in many generations, it
becomes a partnership not only between those who
are living, but between those who are living,
those who are dead, and those who are to be
born (Reflections on the French
Revolution, para. 165) Burkes idea of a social
contract between generations is often cited in
contemporary debates about the spiraling nation
debt of the United States. What do young and old
citizens living today owe, as a matter of
commutative justice, to generations of citizens
who are not yet born? Is it just for todays
citizens to demand policies (e.g., low taxes and
high levels of government service) that create
huge debts for future generations to pay?
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Quiz Sociology - General Sociology 1. Question
With which of the following is commutative
justice NOT concerned? Student Answer Is the
contract a legal document? Is the contract
moral? Have all parties fulfilled their part of
the contract? Does the contract require
distributing goods and services
equally? Instructor Explanation The answer can
be found in Section 4.1 What is Commutative
Justice Points Received 1 of 1 Comments 2. Quest
ion
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SOC 331 Week 5 DQ 1 Retributive Justice and
Mandatory Life Imprisonment for Juvenile
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and Mandatory Life Imprisonment for Juvenile
Offenders. In Chapter 5 of the textbook, the
author examines retributive justice from the
standpoint of the means of punishment (Section
5.2). He calls attention to the length of prison
sentences and, in particular, the issue of
mandatory life sentences for juvenile
offenders. In 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court
declared laws that require judges to impose
life-without-parole sentences for juveniles to be
in violation of the Eighth Amendments
prohibition of cruel and unusual punishments.
The decision (Miller v. Alabama) was a 5-4 split
in the Court which is typical of many such
decisions that apply the cruel and unusual
punishment provision. Your initial post must
analyze the retributive justice issues of
mandatory, life-without-parole sentences.
Consider the facts of Miller v. Alabama
Defendant Miller, a 14-year old boy, with an
accomplice beat the victim with a baseball bat
and set his trailer on fire with the victim
inside. Defendant Miller was tried as an adult
for capital murder while committing arson.
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SOC 331 Week 5 DQ 2 Alternative to Retributive
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Chapter 5 of the text, the author discusses four
alternatives to retributive justice corrective
justice, reformative justice, restorative
justice, and transformative justice (see Section
5.3). In Case Study 5.5 Dead Woman Walking,
the text describes the circumstances that led to
the 1998 execution in Texas of Karla Faye Tucker.
Before she was executed she requested, but was
denied, clemency. Her cause was supported by many
political, correctional, and moral leaders. Would
the application of any of the four alternatives
to retribution have produced a more just outcome?
Your initial post must explain and apply each of
the four alternative theories of justice to Karla
Faye Tuckers case. Also, critically evaluate
each of the alternatives in the circumstances of
her case. Why does each theory produce a more or
less just outcome than the approach actually
followed by the State of Texas? Finally, is the
utility of each alternative limited to the
unusual circumstances of Karlas case or do they
have value more generally to merit consideration
as a more just approach than retributive justice?
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Quiz Sociology - General Sociology 1. Question
According to the FBI, hate crimes in the U.S.
in 2010 based on a bias against race were
committed largely against which of the
following? Student Answer Blacks Whites Hispanics
Asians Instructor Explanation The answer can be
found in Section 5.5 Retributive Justice and
Demographics Points Received
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