Applied Sociology: A Treatise on the Conscious Improvement of Society by SocietyGinn, 1906 - 384 pages This work and its predecessor, Pure Sociology, constitute together a system of sociology, and these, with Dynamic Sociology, The Psychic Factors of Civilization, and the Outlines of Sociology, make up a more comprehensive system of social philosophy. Should any reader acquaint himself with the whole, he will find it not only consistent with itself, but progressive in the sense that each successive volume carries the subject a step farther with a minimum of repetition or duplicate treatment. The central thought is that of a true science of society, capable, in the measure that it approaches completeness, of being turned to the profit of mankind. If there is one respect in which it differs more than in others from rival systems of philosophy it is in its practical character of never losing sight of the end or purpose, nor of the possibilities of conscious effort. It is a reaction against the philosophy of despair that has come to dominate even the most enlightened scientific thought. It aims to point out a remedy for the general paralysis that is creeping over the world, and which a too narrow conception of the law of cosmic evolution serves rather to increase than to diminish. It proclaims the efficacy of effort, provided it is guided by intelligence. It would remove the embargo laid upon human activity by a false interpretation of scientific determinism, and, without having recourse to the equally false conception of a power to will, it insists upon the power to act. - Preface. |
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... terms in the argu- ment the entire scheme and scope of applied sociology will unfold , and the reader will be put in position at least to understand the work , whether or not he accepts its general conclusions . The small claim made for ...
... terms in the argu- ment the entire scheme and scope of applied sociology will unfold , and the reader will be put in position at least to understand the work , whether or not he accepts its general conclusions . The small claim made for ...
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... terms " pure " and " applied " should be used in the same sense in social science as in all other sciences . Any apparent differ- ences should be such only as grow out of the nature of social science as the most complex of all sciences ...
... terms " pure " and " applied " should be used in the same sense in social science as in all other sciences . Any apparent differ- ences should be such only as grow out of the nature of social science as the most complex of all sciences ...
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... term " socialism , " and including the utopian schools as well as the practical ones- Fourier as well as Karl Marx . They all seek to bring about modi- fications in social structures . They would change human institu- tions more or less ...
... term " socialism , " and including the utopian schools as well as the practical ones- Fourier as well as Karl Marx . They all seek to bring about modi- fications in social structures . They would change human institu- tions more or less ...
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... term to the satisfaction of the coarser , more physical , and more essential desires , and follow Epicurus in apply- ing the term " eudemonism " to the whole range of pleasures , in- cluding the moral , esthetic , and intellectual ones ...
... term to the satisfaction of the coarser , more physical , and more essential desires , and follow Epicurus in apply- ing the term " eudemonism " to the whole range of pleasures , in- cluding the moral , esthetic , and intellectual ones ...
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... terms of the definition , the pains exceed the pleasures . If we give the pains the minus and the pleasures the plus sign , the algebraic sum is minus . If a man in his business finds that the debits regularly exceed the credits , he CH ...
... terms of the definition , the pains exceed the pleasures . If we give the pains the minus and the pleasures the plus sign , the algebraic sum is minus . If a man in his business finds that the debits regularly exceed the credits , he CH ...
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