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philosophy that is still useful is history. According to Strauss, political philosophy is dead since
the discipline has lost all the honesty and dignity that came with it. Social scientists believe that
political philosophy has become unscientific, unhistorical, or both. Political philosophy revolves
around present-day positivism. Present-day positivism has become ethically neutral, meaning it
does not define the good or the bad in political things. The more indifference state social
scientists develop within themselves, the more difficult it becomes to counteract dangerous
political influences. Social scientists argue that social science is necessary regardless of whether
social science is good for society.
Further, the social scientists believe they need to achieve their end by all means and that social
science is in itself a value from every human’s point of view. Social scientists aim to increase
their safety, prestige, income, and competent skills. Social scientists do not care aboutthe good
or the evil virtues. Social scientists can be dedicated to integrity and truth but ignore to follow
both virtues. Social science positivism has affected human values, as evident from how social
scientists behave. Therefore, it is essential to look at the theoretical disadvantages of social
science positivism in political philosophy.
Weaknesses of Social Science Positivism
The first weakness is the impossibility of social science positivism in studying social
phenomena without value judgments. Value judgments enter the social science discipline
through psychopathology. Value judgments should not be inevitable since the field of social
science presupposes that political things and non-political things need to be defined at any given
point. The second weakness is the assumption that the conflicts between value systems are
dependent on essentially insoluble human reasons. There is no primary proof for this assumption.
