Martineau Flashcards
Where does happiness come from for Martineau?
An appropriate life and being able to act as a moral agent
The ability to be an agent, someone who makes choices and does so from their own morals basically doing what you think is right.
Moral Agency
Social requirements for moral agency/right to be happy
Education to develop reason
Judgement and knowledge
Personal freedom
Work is intended to contribute to the education that would support ______
Moral agenecy
Focus of her work is _____ but is _____ informed
Empirical
Theoretically informed
Her research question
to what extent are the opportunities to act and develop as a moral agent available to all, especially the most vulnerable members of a society
What perspective did Martineau study from?
Perspective of the bottom half
Theory Martineau used to inform observation
Principles of cause and effect
Created what type of Sociology?
Empirical
Instrument of observation
Human mind
Philosophical preperation
Know what you want to know
Understand social institutions and practices are socially created
Moral preperation
Perfect observer
Sympathetic Researcher
Not coming to conclusions until enough data is gathered.
Safeguarding observations
Stated Beliefs
Moral
Observable practices
Manners
