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Between Scylla And Charybdis: Sociological Objectivity And Bias, Lester R. Kurtz
Between Scylla And Charybdis: Sociological Objectivity And Bias, Lester R. Kurtz
Lester R. Kurtz
The Greek tragic flaw refers to a virtue extended to such an extreme that it becomes a vice. Sociology's tragic flaw includes a virtue - the pursuit of objectivity - when carried to an extreme exchanges personal prejudices for abstract ones.