Excerpt from English Political Theory Sociology is a word in common use, and by it most people designate the study of society's growth. It investigates the conditions of savage life and traces from these first beginnings the evolution of communities until it merges in ordinary political and social history. Or it may shade off into psychology and endeayour to answer the question, How do people behave as members Of society How does the fact of association condition their conduct? What is the difference between A in his home ...
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Excerpt from English Political Theory Sociology is a word in common use, and by it most people designate the study of society's growth. It investigates the conditions of savage life and traces from these first beginnings the evolution of communities until it merges in ordinary political and social history. Or it may shade off into psychology and endeayour to answer the question, How do people behave as members Of society How does the fact of association condition their conduct? What is the difference between A in his home and A in a crowd But sociology, whether it be interpreted historically or psychologically, is concerned with what has happened or does happen, not with what ought to happen. It may thus lay claim to be called a science, since it is susceptible of exact results. But a thousand ares do not make a single ought, and political theory is concerned with what ought to be done. It should thus be' classified with ethics as philosophy, not with sociology as a science. Naturally oughts cannot be considered in complete isolation from, or ignorance Of, the ares and have beens thus political theory cannot neglect history altogether. It must make use of history only to tran scend it. The historian's task is not to pass moral judgments he may do so if he chooses, but that is not the essence of his work. But the political theorist is bound to do so. That is where he joins hands with the moral philosopher and parts company with the sociologist and economist. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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