Values within Reason
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8083589 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrew Sayer (0000-0001-5564-5154, Lancaster University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 468-475 |
| Publication date | 2017-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologie (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1755-6171 • E-ISSN: 1755-618X |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/cars.12172 |
| PMID | 29120108 |
| OpenAlex | W2767243510 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 18 |
| References cited | 13 |
The paper questions the assumptions that facts and values are always radically different, that objectivity and values do not mix, and that values are subjective and a-rational and should be excluded from social science. It argues (1) that such assumptions are underpinned by unnoticed slippages between different meanings of objectivity and by misunderstandings of the nature of values and normativity; (2) that evaluative judgments-often in the form of "thick ethical concepts" in which description and evaluation are fused-are necessary for objective description in social science; and (3) that framing the values issue in terms of the relations between is and ought misrepresents the place of normativity in social science and in everyday life
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| Citations per year | 2.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Highly cited | No |