Sociology Education - (Theory & Methods) Can/should Sociology be value free? 0.0 / 5 ? SociologyEducationA2/A-levelNone Created by: 13jrandallCreated on: 13-08-19 15:43 Intro - what do all members of society (sociologists) have? values, beliefs and opinions. 1 of 16 Classical sociologists & Early positivism - 2 of 16 what do they believe? research should and can be value free. 3 of 16 what did early positivists Comte & Durkheim believe sociology job is? discover the truth about how society worked to improve life. 4 of 16 what is their view on objective scientific sociology? would reveal the one correct society (gave sociologists a crucial role). 5 of 16 how does discovering the truth about how society works help? sociologists would be able to objectively & with scientific certainty say what is best for society. 6 of 16 what did Marx see himself as? a scientist. 7 of 16 what did Marx believe? he had discovered the truth about society's future & the inevitability of a classless society. 8 of 16 what did Comte regard sociology as? the 'queen of the sciences'. 9 of 16 what did Comte see sociologists as? latter day priests of a new scientific religion of truth. 10 of 16 who favours positivism? macro perspectives. 11 of 16 Modern positivism - 12 of 16 what do they believe? research should be value free, values are irrelevant. 13 of 16 what did C20th positivists argue? their own values were irrelevant to their research. 14 of 16 why do they believe this? because science is concerned with matters of fact not value so sociologist shuld remain morally neutral. 15 of 16 what is the first main reason for this? the desire to appear scientific. 16 of 16
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