SOC109 Lecture 16

• SOC109 Procedural Justice F24.pdf

• Legitimacy 2.0

  • Not whether a regime is good or bad, or whether it has a good relationship between the citizens and The State.

• Trust the process

  • Procedural Justice

• The instrumental approach

  • People are rational. But emotional as well.
  • Rational Choice Theory assumes that individuals are:
    • Motivated by self-interest.
    • Calculate risk and rewards for each action.
    • Seek out info that helps us make better decisions.
  • RCT predicts that legal compliance is a response to the consequences present.

• Asch Conformity Experiments

  • !SOC109 Procedural Justice F24, p.5
  • social proof

• The Normative Approach

  • Group dynamics
  • When do people make rational choices
  • What other factors motivate them in their decisions
  • Deterrence is a limited tool
  • Voluntary compliance

• Procedural Justice

• What are emotions?

  • More than reactions.
  • They're not our beliefs.
  • We can use them as cognition sometimes.
  • Judgements that can reveal some questions about our situation and stuff.