Unnatural Causes video

by | Dec 19, 2020 | Video

Part I – 30 points
View Unnatural Causes video – https://vimeo.com/401784360 write a sociological response to the video. Elaborate on the themes listed below and provide arguments and evidence from the video (and optionally from the chapter on health) to support the importance of understanding the social determinants of health and to understanding that poor health stems beyond just focusing in on individuals making unhealthy choices.

Know that this essay requires making references to arguments and evidence found in the video. If you provide evidence as a supplement from the textbook, make sure to cite page numbers. 200-250 words

· Health is tied to the distribution of resources.
· The tension between agency and structure (Chapter 1)
· The relationship between control, the demand of a job, and stress
· The relationship between stress and health
· The relationship between high inequality in a society and public health
· The relationship between social class, race, and health outcomes
· How access to healthcare is not the only factor that matters in explaining health disparities based on race and class.

Part II – 20 points
Read “Breastfeed At You Own Risk” -http://contexts.org/articles/fall-2009/breastfeed-at-your-own-risk/ Answer each question below. Each question can be answered within 25-100 words or so.

  1. What evidence (data) is put forward by the author? In your estimation, does the evidence support the author’s arguments? How so?
  2. What conclusions are drawn by the author? Does the article have any recommendations?
  3. List three elements of the article that you found surprising or were previously unknown to you.
  4. What makes this article sociological? You may want to refer to Chapter 1 or Chapter 2 of the textbook. Be specific.
  5. Find one piece of information/text/argument in the essay (or an aspect of the article) that is reminiscent of symbolic interactionism. See Chapter 1.
  6. Find one piece of information/text/argument in the essay (or an aspect of the article) that is reminiscent of conflict theory. See Chapter 1.
  7. Considering the essay, what arguments, concepts, pieces of information, data, advice, etc. do you find helpful for expectant mothers
  8. Would you recommend this essay to expectant mothers? Why or why not?

Part III – 15 points

  1. Quickly summarize the critique of sick role theory discussed in the textbook. 75 words or so
  2. Now, reconsider this critique of sick role theory in light of the coronavirus pandemic. Evaluate the three sets of normative expectations with the pandemic in mind. 100 words
  3. Last, in your estimation, how many of the 3 versions of the sick role apply to someone who has contracted the coronavirus? Explain. Defend your answer. 75-100 words

PART IV – 15 points

Review the symbolic interactionist approaches to understanding illness in your textbook. (You may also want to review symbolic interactionism when first introduced in Chapter 1.) From a symbolic interactionist perspective, write a short 100-125 word analysis of the coronavirus pandemic as a ‘”lived experience.’” Model your short essay on pages 610-612. Touch upon many of the same themes.

PART V – 20 points

Write a short essay on globalization and manufactured risks. we now live in a society where we increasingly face various types of manufactured risks. Briefly explain what these risks consist of. Do you think the last decade has brought us any closer to or further away from confronting the challenges of manufactured risks? Explain. Make sure to include the current pandemic in your short essay. 150-200 words

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Dante Alighieri played a critical role in the literature world through his poem Divine Comedy that was written in the 14th century. The poem contains Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso. The Inferno is a description of the nine circles of torment that are found on the earth. It depicts the realms of the people that have gone against the spiritual values and who, instead, have chosen bestial appetite, violence, or fraud and malice. The nine circles of hell are limbo, lust, gluttony, greed and wrath. Others are heresy, violence, fraud, and treachery. The purpose of this paper is to examine the Dante’s Inferno in the perspective of its portrayal of God’s image and the justification of hell. 

In this epic poem, God is portrayed as a super being guilty of multiple weaknesses including being egotistic, unjust, and hypocritical. Dante, in this poem, depicts God as being more human than divine by challenging God’s omnipotence. Additionally, the manner in which Dante describes Hell is in full contradiction to the morals of God as written in the Bible. When god arranges Hell to flatter Himself, He commits egotism, a sin that is common among human beings (Cheney, 2016). The weakness is depicted in Limbo and on the Gate of Hell where, for instance, God sends those who do not worship Him to Hell. This implies that failure to worship Him is a sin.


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God is also depicted as lacking justice in His actions thus removing the godly image. The injustice is portrayed by the manner in which the sodomites and opportunists are treated. The opportunists are subjected to banner chasing in their lives after death followed by being stung by insects and maggots. They are known to having done neither good nor bad during their lifetimes and, therefore, justice could have demanded that they be granted a neutral punishment having lived a neutral life. The sodomites are also punished unfairly by God when Brunetto Lattini is condemned to hell despite being a good leader (Babor, T. F., McGovern, T., & Robaina, K. (2017). While he commited sodomy, God chooses to ignore all the other good deeds that Brunetto did.

Finally, God is also portrayed as being hypocritical in His actions, a sin that further diminishes His godliness and makes Him more human. A case in point is when God condemns the sin of egotism and goes ahead to commit it repeatedly. Proverbs 29:23 states that “arrogance will bring your downfall, but if you are humble, you will be respected.” When Slattery condemns Dante’s human state as being weak, doubtful, and limited, he is proving God’s hypocrisy because He is also human (Verdicchio, 2015). The actions of God in Hell as portrayed by Dante are inconsistent with the Biblical literature. Both Dante and God are prone to making mistakes, something common among human beings thus making God more human.

To wrap it up, Dante portrays God is more human since He commits the same sins that humans commit: egotism, hypocrisy, and injustice. Hell is justified as being a destination for victims of the mistakes committed by God. The Hell is presented as being a totally different place as compared to what is written about it in the Bible. As a result, reading through the text gives an image of God who is prone to the very mistakes common to humans thus ripping Him off His lofty status of divine and, instead, making Him a mere human. Whether or not Dante did it intentionally is subject to debate but one thing is clear in the poem: the misconstrued notion of God is revealed to future generations.

 

References

Babor, T. F., McGovern, T., & Robaina, K. (2017). Dante’s inferno: Seven deadly sins in scientific publishing and how to avoid them. Addiction Science: A Guide for the Perplexed, 267.

Cheney, L. D. G. (2016). Illustrations for Dante’s Inferno: A Comparative Study of Sandro Botticelli, Giovanni Stradano, and Federico Zuccaro. Cultural and Religious Studies, 4(8), 487.

Verdicchio, M. (2015). Irony and Desire in Dante’s” Inferno” 27. Italica, 285-297.

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