Ethnomethodology and the human sciences: Values and moral judgement: communicative praxis as moral order

摘要: Introduction The question of ‘values’ and moral judgement has pervaded the human sciences philosophy since their inception. This chapter will deal with way this been formulated pursued in sociology philosophy, problems that arose different formulations, ethnomethodological respecification base problematic. It was within (as distinct from economics, political science, or psychology) issue social science most significantly topicalised, it domain scientific inquiry originated. At same time, made sustained systematic exploration ethical matters an object for attention, developing on, addressing, some philosophical antecedents informed modern science. classically had two prongs to it. On one hand there is conceptualisation study relationship conduct; on other ‘value’ inquiry. For (until turn) latter problematic paramount; former central one, leaving sub-branches philosophy. Throughout both these domains inquiry, however, problematics have articulated around a set axes (distinct but interdependent) which shall provide pivot discussion: (1) distinction between ‘fact’ ‘value’; (2) is/ought dichotomy; (3) problem ‘relativism’ versus ‘objectivity’, (4) related ‘moral diversity’.