The idea of an ethically committed social science

IF 0.8 2区 历史学 Q2 HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE History of the Human Sciences Pub Date : 2021-07-16 DOI:10.1177/09526951211020983
Leonidas Tsilipakos
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This article presents a long overdue analysis of the idea of an ethically committed social science, which, after the demise of positivism and the deeming of moral neutrality as impossible, has come to dominate the self-understanding of many contemporary sociological approaches. Once adequately specified, however, the idea is shown to be ethically questionable in that it works against the moral commitments constitutive of academic life. The argument is conducted with resources from the work of Peter Winch, thus establishing its continuing relevance and critical importance for the social sciences, sociology in particular. Special reference is made to heretofore unappreciated aspects of Winch’s work, including within the groundbreaking The Idea of a Social Science and Its Relation to Philosophy, but focusing specifically on his later contributions to ethics.
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一门有道德承诺的社会科学
这篇文章对一个道德承诺的社会科学的概念进行了一次早该进行的分析,在实证主义消亡并认为道德中立是不可能的之后,它已经主导了许多当代社会学方法的自我理解。然而,一旦得到充分的说明,这个想法就被证明在道德上是有问题的,因为它违背了学术生活中的道德承诺。这场争论是利用彼得·温奇的工作资源进行的,从而确立了其对社会科学,特别是社会学的持续相关性和关键重要性。特别提到了迄今为止温奇作品中未被重视的方面,包括开创性的《社会科学的思想及其与哲学的关系》,但特别关注他后来对伦理学的贡献。
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History of the Human Sciences
History of the Human Sciences 综合性期刊-科学史与科学哲学
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1.60
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11.10%
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31
审稿时长
>12 weeks
期刊介绍: History of the Human Sciences aims to expand our understanding of the human world through a broad interdisciplinary approach. The journal will bring you critical articles from sociology, psychology, anthropology and politics, and link their interests with those of philosophy, literary criticism, art history, linguistics, psychoanalysis, aesthetics and law.
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