Question

Who maintained that study of society cannot be value free?

Answer 1

Positivists argued that such value free social research was crucial because the objective knowledge that scientific sociology revealed could be used to uncover the principles of a good, ordered, integrated society, principles which government could then apply to improve society..

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Answer 2

A society cannot be value free, are maintained by positivists, as they consider that a society where the education and studies can be made value free, it will help in raising a good quality of brain with some healthy thoughts and shall lead to an overall development of society.

• Study is one of the strongest tool, which can create a new generation a better stronger and a fine place to live in, as compared to present conditions.
• So there should be some value given to the study of the society, and it should not be value free, as anything given for free are taken as granted by people.