Objectivity in Social Research

Contents (vii)
1. The Problem (3)
2. A Personal Note (6)
3. Valuations, Beliefs, and Opinions (14)
4. Illustrations of Opportunistically Distorted Beliefs (20)
5. Suggestions for Opinion Research (27)
6. Valuations Also Depend on Beliefs (32)
7. The Importance of the State and Other Formal Institutions (35)
8. The Role of Social Science (39)
9. Biases in Research (43)
10. The Role of Hidden Valuations (50)
11. Bringing the Valuations Out in the Open (55)
12. Terminological Escapism (57)
13. The Choice of Value Premises (63)
14. Difficulties and the Ways to Overcome Them (65)
15. No Moral Nihilism (73)
16. The Respect for Life (77)
17. The Egalitarian Principle (83)
18. The "Proofs" of the Principle (86)
19. Nature and Nurture (90)
20. Paradoxes (94)
21. Inhibitions and How They Are Gradually Overcome (97)
22. Theoretical Escapism (102)
23. Conclusion (109)