Positivism

that these codes do not cover when a lawyer may have to use their own moral judgment however, they should align it to be in-keeping with society and ethical morals of the justice system. Is the debate about positivism and natural law of any relevance today? I think the debate about positivism and natural law is still of relevance today. Even though a positivist view of law is more in line with the trend in many developed countries. Natural law is the basis still of a lot of developing…

Classicism was formed when the enlightenment arose and was an innovative response to what was seen as harsh juridical processes at the time. Key figures included: Jeremy Bentham, Cesare Beccaria and Thomas Hobbes. Main concepts included that humans are rational creatures with free will therefore crime can be prevented by punishment. Punishment was used to better the society as it would serve as a deterrent to commit crime. It was expressed to be most effective when punishments were swiftly and…

Logical positivists contended that what makes a hypothesis meaningful is that it is testable. Quine believed that you cannot test a single hypothesis in isolation and redefined the Quine-Duhem Thesis to claim, “Any seemingly disconfirming observational evidence can always be accommodated to any theory.” (Klee 65) The philosophy of science is mainly apprehensive with the methods, predictions, and conclusions of science. Today, a hypothesis is generally thought by scientists to be a law or theory…

without light there is no life something that seems easy to say but it actually becomes complicated as people is aging. Additionally, light symbolizes the fragility of life and the positivism of the speaker. The fragility of life because light can turn off at any unexpected moment if someone is not careful and positivism because the speaker gives support and reasons to the men to keep the light in their lives and whishes that his father can do same. He also believes that is better to die before…

Epistemological assumptions are those that focus on what can be known and how knowledge can be acquired (Bell, 8). I side with positivism; which states knowledge can be found via empirical observations (obtained through the senses). Positivism follows an identical approach as the study of natural sciences in the testing of a theory. Though their is a difference between the study of social research, and natural sciences the deductive approach works just as well in both. I believe that a…

Positivism is the application of the scientific method to social life. Those who apply these theories, commonly known as positivists, focus on how the biological, psychological or sociological factors of deviant behavior determines an individual’s possibility of committing a deviant act. Positivist agrue that humans do not have free will and therefore their actions and behavior are governed biologocial, psychological or sociological factors. Sociological positivism revolves around…

I’ve learned that a lot of people may be against the positivism approach to research in sociology because they believe that human behavior cannot be explained by ‘science’. I’ve also learned that the results and the key findings of a study depend on the approach the researcher takes to conduct research. Interperectivism…

Introduction The battle for equality is one that has persisted throughout history and many countries around the world seek to have a society that is equal and that continues to promote equality. One of the biggest battles within the scope of equality is the issue of gender inequality. Many societies around the world house gender inequality and this is most apparent in the way that women are treated- they face sexual harassment, gender based violence , their pay is usually less in the workplace…

testing. Functionalism is objective versus subjective and conforms to regulation versus radical change. Therefore a functionalist perspective attempts to provide rational explanations for human actions that are pragmatic and conform to sociological positivism. Thus, relationships can be identified and measured using…

What’s the relationship between theories and the world to which theories meant to apply? Are there ultimate truth which can be obtained through a series of scientific validation and falsification? Is critical relativism appropriate for scientific research (marketing or consumer research in particular)? Those are some critical questions raised by this week’s readings that centered on the topic of rationality and relativism. Several authors provide different insights on answering those above…