The Sociologically Examined Life: Pieces of the ConversationThis lively and concise supplemental text uses analyses of everyday conversations and experiences to inspire students to think sociologically about society and about themselves as social actors. |
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... choice , " with no sense that your choices could help or harm others . Sociological mindfulness , in contrast , means paying attention to how our behaviors affect , and are affected by , others . We might thereby see that many of our ...
... choice , " with no sense that your choices could help or harm others . Sociological mindfulness , in contrast , means paying attention to how our behaviors affect , and are affected by , others . We might thereby see that many of our ...
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... choice to smoke imposes these costs on others . And if you are disabled by emphysema or die early because of lung cancer or a heart attack , your family and friends may be deeply anguished . In this way you force them to pay for your choice ...
... choice to smoke imposes these costs on others . And if you are disabled by emphysema or die early because of lung cancer or a heart attack , your family and friends may be deeply anguished . In this way you force them to pay for your choice ...
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... choice ; I do it because I think my legs look better shaved . " This is a useful answer , because it is not at all mindful . To show this I ask , " Why is it , then , that every woman in the class makes this same choice ? If it were ...
... choice ; I do it because I think my legs look better shaved . " This is a useful answer , because it is not at all mindful . To show this I ask , " Why is it , then , that every woman in the class makes this same choice ? If it were ...
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