Moore Defends Common Sense Against Skeptics and Others Who Deride

question 6

True/False

Moore defends common sense against skeptics and others who deride our ordinary beliefs. He insists that there is a vast amount of shared knowledge about the world, expressible in ordinary language and about which we can be quite certain. He provides an argument that he thinks decisively defeats skepticism about an external world: If skepticism is true, we do not have knowledge of the external world, but we obviously do have knowledge of the external world; therefore, skepticism is false.
-Moore thinks all knowledge comes from reason alone.

Examine the role of social structure and strain in influencing criminal behavior.

Understand the medicalization of deviance and its criticisms.

Analyze the disparity in societal responses to deviance based on race, gender, and class.

Compare and contrast major sociological theories of deviance (functionalist, conflict, symbolic interactionist).

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Definitions:

Lunch Counter Sit-ins

Non-violent protests during the 1960s Civil Rights Movement where African Americans and allies would occupy segregated lunch counters demanding equal service.

Greensboro

A city in North Carolina known for the Greensboro sit-ins, pivotal events in the Civil Rights Movement.

McCain

John McCain, a significant figure in American politics, was a U.S. Senator from Arizona and the Republican presidential nominee in 2008.

Freedom Schools

Free, temporary, alternative schools for African Americans, mostly in the South, which were part of the Civil Rights Movement during the 1960s, aimed at empowering black communities through education.