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Values - Coggle Diagram
Values
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Definitions
Value freedom - notion that social research should not be influenced by the researcher's subjective beliefs
Value laden - social sciences are not objective subjects and that depending on how they are interpreted, they can have a bias, hence value
Subjectivity - judgement based on personal opinions, experiences or preferences
Value neutrality - 'the duty of sociologists to identify and acknowledge their own biases and values when conducting research and overcome these' - Weber
Objectivity - judgement based on observable phenomena and uninfluenced by emotions or personal prejudices
Committed sociology - not only spell out sociologists' values, but actively tale sides
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