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Document Details : Title: Introduction to Robert N. Bellah Author(s): VAN GERWEN, Jef Journal: Ethical Perspectives Volume: 5 Issue: 2 Date: June 1998 Pages: 89-91 DOI: 10.2143/EP.5.2.563088 Abstract : In the field of the social sciences, there exists an old and ongoing debate, circling around the question if social scientists should be concerned with the study of society, or rather with the search for the good society. Should they limit their role to the value neutral observation of social phenomena, or should they allow themselves to become fully involved in the quest for the normative conditions of the best possible society? And should they pursue the project of building a grand theory, or rather agree to become practical, moving into the tricky areas of social work, moral education and politics? |
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