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CLASSICAL SOCIOLOGISTS AND VALUES
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- 1All members of society - including sociologists - have _________, beliefs and opinionsValues
- 2Some people argue that it is both possible and desirable for sociologists to keep their ___________ values out of their researchSubjective
- 3Others argue that it is impossible to stay value-neutral. Why?Because sociologists are humans studying other humas
- 4What do some argue sociologists can use their values to do?Improve society
- 5Name some of the early postivistsComte
Durkheim - 6What was the job of sociology for these sociologists?Discover the truth about how society worked and to improve human life
- 7Sociologists would be able to say with scientific _________ what was best for societyCertainty
- 8______ saw himself as a sceintistMarx
- 9He believed he had discovered he truth about society's future and the inevitability of a ________ societyClassless
- 10Who is the main sociologist we focus on when looking at objectivity and values?Weber
- 11Weber distinguishes between value ___________ and _______Value judgements and facts
- 12Why does he argue that a value can neither be proved or disproved by the facts?They are in different realms
- 13How many roles does Weber identify for values in research?4
- 14The first one is values as a guide to ________Research
- 15This means we only select areas of study in terms of their _______ ___________ to usValue relevance
- 16The second role is data collection and ___________ testingHypothesis
- 17Sociologists must be as _________ as possible when actually collecting the factsObjective
- 18Give an example of how they must do thisNot asking leading questions
- 19What must the hypothesis stand or fall solely on?Whether or not the hypothesis fits the observed facts
- 20The third role of values in sociology is their use in the ____________of dataIntepretation
- 21Why do facts need to be set in a theoretical framework?To understand their significance
- 22What is this influenced by?The sociologists values
- 23What is the fourth role of values in sociology that Weber identifies?Values and the sociologist as a citizen
- 24What does this mean?Scientists and sociologists are also citizens. They cannot dodge the moral issues their work raises or the uses it is put to by hiding behind "value freedom"
- 25Therefore when does Weber sees values as relevant?When choosing what to research
When interpreting data
In the use the findings are put to - 26What does Weber argue values should be kept out of?The process of gathering data
- 27Sociology cannot tell us....What values or goals we cannot hold
- 28But it can tell us...What means we should adopt if we cant to achieve certain goals that we value and the consequences of holding those values
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