Objectivity in Social Science and Social Policy

<BODY> <P>Objectivity in Social Science and Social Policy by Max Weber Section I Empirical vs. Normative Knowledge Problem of Value-judgment * Category of Means and End * Analysis vs. Decision Making * Logical Judgment * Value-judgment and Dignity of Personality * Value-judgment as Faith and Conscience Value Struggles among Worldviews * Self-deception of Syncretism and Relativism * Value, Interest, and Understanding * Responsible Value-judgment * Toward Social Policy * The Journal's Standpoint Validity of Empirical Knowledge Section II Social-economic Conditions * Economic Aspect of Reality * Material Interests * Significance of Social-economic Structure Viewpoints of Social Science * Historical Materialism Rejected * Anthropological Racism Rejected * Economic Determinism Rejected * Articulated Analysis * Understanding of Cultural Uniqueness * Undeducible Individuality of Reality * Laws of Social Science * Limitation of Causal Law Study of Cultural Value * Analysis of Cultural Significance * Deception of Presuppositionlessness * Interpretation of Historical Individual * Use of Typological Knowledge * Cultural Knowledge by Value-idea * Subjective Selection of Facts * Problem of Formalism * Construction of Valid Knowledge * Changing Historical Individual Method of Social Science * Concept in Social Science * Law in Natural Science * Natural Science and Economics * Deducibility of Economic Law * Psychology and Economics * Problem of Social Psychology Ideal Type * The Ideal Type * Ideal Typical Construct * Ethical Model vs. Logical Ideal * Characterization of Reality * Categorical Concept * Theory vs. Reality * Idea and Ideal Type * Logical vs. Practical Ideas * Ideal Type and Value-judgment * Concept of the State * General Concept * Average vs. Ideal Type * Heuristic Device * Danger of Ideal Type * Marxian Ideal Type</P> </BODY>