Making the Moral Case for Social Sciences (PDF)
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The social sciences have a legitimacy problem in the modern world. The natural sciences are viewed as 'proper science' by journalists and policy-makers because they discover 'truths', make money, and help governments solve problems. In turn, defenders of the social sciences borrow the language of instrumentality, profit and policy impact. Karl Spracklen, by contrast, makes the moral case for the social sciences, arguing that they are a necessary social good capable of fighting inequality and revealing the workings of hegemonic power.
- Autor: K. Spracklen
- 2015, 1st ed. 2015, 90 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: Springer-Verlag GmbH
- ISBN-10: 1137577916
- ISBN-13: 9781137577917
- Erscheinungsdatum: 03.12.2015
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"Professor Spracklen has written a trenchant critique of modern social science that everyone in this field must read. Masterfully grounded in the relevant history and philosophy from ancient Greece to the present, unlike most other such critiques, he ends by highlighting the moral strengths of the social sciences. We pursue them, he says, for the pleasure of doing and discovering, for the fact that they enable us to flourish as humans and develop as happier and equal individuals, and for their capacity to help us resist the instrumentality, injustice and inequality presently plaguing modern society. This is our moral basis." - Robert Stebbins, University of Calgary, Canada
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