14 ideas
22366 | There is no objectivity in social sciences - only viewpoints for selecting and organising data [Weber] |
22367 | The results of social research can be true, and not just subjectively valid for one person [Weber] |
20752 | For man, being is not what he is, but what he is going to be [Ortega y Gassett] |
7082 | Nature requires causal explanations, but society requires clarification by reasons and motives [Weber, by Critchley] |
3519 | Man uses his body, so must be separate from it [Anon (Plat), by Maslin] |
20756 | Instead of having a nature, man only has a history [Ortega y Gassett] |
22155 | We are disenchanted because we rely on science, which ignores values [Weber, by Boulter] |
20725 | The idea of duty in one's calling haunts us, like a lost religion [Weber] |
21132 | Domination is probable obedience by some group of persons [Weber] |
20722 | Acquisition and low consumption lead to saving, investment, and increased wealth [Weber] |
20724 | When asceticism emerged from the monasteries, it helped to drive the modern economy [Weber] |
20717 | Capitalism is not unlimited greed, and may even be opposed to greed [Weber] |
20718 | Modern western capitalism has free labour, business separate from household, and book-keeping [Weber] |
20719 | Punish the heretic, but be indulgent to the sinner [Weber] |