A. there are no absolutes concerning social life
B. all though would eventually lead to justifying human action
C. early philosophers were too concerned with creating a utopian society
D. sociologists should be primarily concerned with solving problems
E. humans would eventually seek out the most efficient means to accomplish a particular task
Related Mcqs:
- Which of these is not a feature of an ideal type bureaucracy according to Weber ?
A. a clear-cut hierarchy of authority
B. co-ownership among all workers of the material resource with which they operate
C. fixed salaries associated with each role
D. written rules governing conduct - According to Max Weber the ideal type refers to______________?
A. the best possible outcome available
B. a perspective emphasizing the primacy of ideas
C. a model based on certain features of a phenomenon
D. the social agenda of political idealists - According to Weber the driving force of society was_____________?
A. rationality
B. Cultural pursuits
C. Increased development
D. None of these - The pragmatist philosophy used in Symbolic interactionist theory teaches that_______________?
A. theory must be augmented by straightforward plausible methods
B. we can find true objective knowledge of the world through our senses
C. Knowledge is produced in everyday practical situations
D. the best social theory was developed in Prague - What did Max Weber understand by the spirit of capitalism ?
A. the exploitation of the working class
B. the desire for more material wealth
C. the continual reinvestment of profits back into businesses
D. the belief in free markets - Weber said that all knowledge is value-relevant because_____________?
A. sociologists like to put a value on different theories
B. knowledge refers to people and their values
C. theorists interpret the world in terms of their own values
D. attempts to provide knowledge about the world are always valuable - Max Weber,s pioneering work The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism is an example of______________?
A. Macro-level analysis
B. micro-level analysis
C. resurgent fundamentalism
D. the interactionist approach to religion - The four ideal types of social action that Weber identified were as follows instrumentally-rational value-rational traditional and____________?
A. affectual
B. affective
C. effective
D. infected - Critics of the concept of relative poverty argue that_______________?
A. it concentrates too much on kinship ties
B. the government should be raising benefit levels
C. in modern affluent societies no one is truly poor
D. it is wrong to make comparisons between countries - The pragmatist philosophy used in Symbolic interactionist Theory teaches that_______________?
A. theory must be augmented by straightforward plausible methods
B. we can find true objective knowledge of the world through our senses
C. knowledge is produced in everyday practical situations
D. the best social theory was developed in Prague
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