A Review of Different Views about Scope of Sociology | Original Article

ABSTRACT:

Different societies in different ages have believed in different types of institutions. Sociology should isolate and test the empirical aspect of social behaviour without going into the value laden question of whether the empirical propositions are true or false. The question of ‘what ought to be’ is beyond the scope of Sociology. A correct decision on what is empirically true is not the same as a correct decision on what ought to be. While social facts can be subjected to empirical tests, values cannot. Values and facts are two separate things, and should be kept analytically distinct Scientific enquiry should be value-free.