Sociology should be VALUE FREE

Question 1

Early positivists

Answer 1

Comte believed in Enlightenment project, science could discover factual knowledge used to improve society, so the job of sociology is the discover the truth about how society works and use that knowledge to fix problems. By discovering the truth then sociologists can and with scientific certainty decide what’s best for society

Question 2

Methods ( experiments )

Answer 2

Sociology should be objective when conducting research methods eg experiments. Milgram used a lab experiment to study obedience and data was value free as there was no researcher bias or research involvement in the study