Full Description
Providing a capstone to Philip Selznick's influential body of scholarly work, A Humanist Science insightfully brings to light the value-centered nature of the social sciences. The work clearly challenges the supposed separation of fact and value, and argues that human values belong to the world of fact and are the source of the ideals that govern social and political institutions. By demonstrating the close connection between the social sciences and the humanities, Selznick reveals how the methods of the social sciences highlight and enrich the study of such values as well-being, prosperity, rationality, and self-government.
The book moves from the animating principles that make up the humanist tradition to the values that are central to the social sciences, analyzing the core teachings of these disciplines with respect to the moral issues at stake. Throughout the work, Selznick calls attention to the conditions that affect the emergence, realization, and decline of human values, offering a valuable resource for scholars and students of law, sociology, political science, and philosophy.
Contents
Contents Foreword xxx Preface xxx Part One The Humanist Imagination Chapter 1 The Humanist Tradition 000 Chapter 2 The Postulate of Humanity 000 Chapter 3 Four Pillars of Humanist Science 000 Part Two Realms of Value Chapter 4 From Social Order to Moral Order 000 Chapter 5 Humanist Virtues 000 Chapter 6 The Morality of Governance 000 Chapter 7 Rationality and Responsibility 000 Chapter 8 The Quality of Culture 000 Chapter 9 Law and Justice 000 Part Three Philosophy and Social Science Chapter 10 Moral Philosophy and Social Science 000 Chapter 11 A Public Philosophy 000 Notes 000 Index 000
