soc 101

1. Should there be limitations on who has access to the research findings of a Sociolgist? If so why? I do not believe that there should be limitations on who has access to the research findings of a sociologist. For the most part knowledge is power. What I mean by that is if there is a positive notion that there could be a confirmation that something we are doing as a society is good, than why would we not want to know as a society to be able to teach further generations to do that same thing because it works! The same could be said for the findings that we have done something bad so that we can change it as a society so that it works.  An example is that we know that  drugs are an epidemic in this country. we also know that because of rights that were established many years prior to protect individuals in this country, we have loop holes that are present in the legal system. If research is done to find out why the use of drugs is so previlent, and we can as a society learn to stop the usage we will not have to fight it legally. Problem solved and history is made to be taught.