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VALUE FREEDOM AND COMMITMENT
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- 120th century positivists argued that their values were _________ to their researchIrrelevant
- 2Why did they believe this?There studies were concerned with matters of fact, not value
- 3So what did they believe sociologists should remain?Morally neutral
- 4Who argues that by the 50's American sociologist were mere 'spiritless technicians'?Gouldner
- 5How were they merely 'spiritless technicians'?They hired themselves out to conduct research for organisations such as government and the military
- 6For Gouldner, what were they dodging?The moral issues that their work raised
- 7give an exampleProject Camelot in South America - they helped prevent revolutions
- 8What do Myrdal and Gouldner argue sociologists should do?Not only identify their values, but openly take sides, supporting the interests of actual groups
- 9Why do they argue it is undesirable to be value-neutral?Since without values to guide research, sociologists are merely putting their services up for sale
- 10The Interactionalist Becker asks:If all sociology is influenced by values, who's side are we on?
- 11Traditionally, whose viewpoint have functionalists and positivists taken?The powerful e.g police and psychiatrists
- 12Whose side does Becker argue we should take?The underdogs e.g the criminal and mental patients
- 13Identifying with the powerless links to the methods _____________ favourInteractionalists
- 14Such as....Participant Obs
Which they see as revealing the meanings of these outsiders - 15Gouldner adopts a _______ perspectiveMarxist
- 16Goulder argues that it is not enough to describe the underdog's life. What should sociologists be aiming to do?End their oppression
- 17According to Gouldner, who should be we supporting?The man fighting back
(rather than the man on his back) - 18How does Gouldner criticise Becker?For romanticising underdogs
- 19Who is most research funded by?Government & businesses etc
- 20What can the funding bodies do?Control the direction of the research and the questions it does and doesn't ask
- 21Funding bodies may prevent _________ of the research if its findings prove unacceptablePublication
- 22If sociologists are trying to further their careers what may this influence?Their choice of topic
- 23They may ______ themselves through fear of harming their careerCensor
- 24For ________ all research is inevitably influenced by valuesGouldner
- 25Vlaues influence the topics that sociologists of different ________ choose, the concepts they develop and the conclusions they reachPerspectives
- 26Give and exampleFeminists value gender equality which lead them to develop the concept of patriarchy
- 27Sociologists values influence their choice of _______Method
- 28e.g Beckers support for the underdog leads him to choose _________ methods to reveal the underdog's meaningsQualitative
- 29What does relativism argue?Different groups and individuals have different views as to what is true
- 30What do these views reflect?Their own values and interests
- 31Relativism argues there is no way of _______ whether any view is truer than anotherJudging
- 32_______________ take a relativist viewPostmodernists
- 33Pmists believe there ar no 'privileged accounts' of society that have special access to ___ ____the truth
- 34From a relativist viewpoint, there is no _____ _______ __ __________ ______Single absolute or objective truth
- 35Who is what you believe to be true true to?You
- 36Any perpective claiming to hold the absolute truth is just a ____-________Meta-narrative
- 37What is this meta-narrative based on?Values and assumptions
- 38What do critics argue?Postmodernism too is a meta narrative
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