Initial Post Instructions Rather than living in chaos, danger, and the hostility of our neighbors, we find ways to live together. It isn't easy, but can we avoid doing so? If everybody has self-interest in their own welfare and safety, then everybody also has self-interest in the welfare and safety of others. Self-interest involves community interest, and we must think about what we are willing to give up in order to get that safety and stability for ourselves, our families, our community, our nation, and even the world. Thomas Hobbes and John Locke are just two examples of social contract moralists. Locke's philosophy helped Thomas Jefferson formulate the United States Declaration of Independence. We are interested in what it means to live together in an orderly way under a social contract. Initial Post Instructions For the initial post, address one of the following sets of questions: What is a time when you or someone you know of experienced a conflict between duty to self and loyalty to the community? What would logical reasoning say should be done in that case? Why that? What would an Ethical Egoist say to do? Why would they say to do that? Note what you feel is the best course of action. What is a time when you or someone you know experienced a clash between professional duties and familial duties? Reference a professional code such as that of the American Nurses Association or American Bar Association in explaining the clash. What moral values should have been used in that case? Why those values? What would social contract ethics have said to have done? Why would social contract ethics say that? Note what you feel is the best course of action. Articulate and evaluate a time when you or someone you know saw personal obligations collide with national obligations. How did that tension involve differing positions on a moral debate? Did those positions rely on any key moral theories? If so, how so? If not, why not? Note what you feel is the best course of action.

V. Please read chapter on social structure, groups, social interaction, communities, organizations, socieities, and related posted fyi’s, and related PowerPoint Presentation on Course Homepage to address the following: What is meant by the term “social structure”?  Describe the social structure of individuals, groups, and societies.  What types of groups are there?  Why are groups so important to people?  Some people would do anything in the context of a group or to belong to a group, including submit to mortification exercises.  What are they?  What has been the most important group thus far in your life? (for individual social structure be sure to describe statuses, roles, and role conflicts; groups – hierarchy, norms, division of labor; and societies – describe preindustrial, industrial, and post-industrial societies.  Also, what did Durkheim and Tonneis say about simple and complex societies?) OR: DEVIANCE AND SOCIAL CONTROL Please read chapter on deviance and crime, as well as related fyi’s and powerpoint presentation on course homepage to address the following: How can we define deviance?  What are the functions of deviance?  Give examples.  Why do some people continue to behave deviantly considering the impact of socialization and the use of social controls in our society to prevent deviant behavior.  What is a social control?  What types of social controls are there?  Give examples 

It is important for research to be conducted ethically in the field of psychology. This is important for protecting research participants from potential harm and ensuring that their rights are not violated. There are often many different people who work on a research project. Anyone who is part of a research study can run into ethical issues. At these times, the choice made can have important outcomes for the participant, the study, and the person who is making the choice. Watch the interactive video “The Research Clinic” and choose which role you want to assume (Principal Investigator, Study Coordinator, IRB administrator, Research Assistant). Then, answer the following: Discuss two of the choices you had to make and what you learned about ethical issues from these choices. How can the choices made within the role you chose affect the outcome of the study and those who are participating in the study? What factors (ex., personal, funding, etc.) might sometimes lead to unethical choices? here is the linkhttps://ori.hhs.gov/TheResearchClinicVideo/