HUMAN SUBJECTS HAVE VALUES THAT IMPINGE ON WHAT THEY CHOOSE TO STUDY; WE ONLY USE SUBJECTIVE CATEGORIES TO IDENTIFY THE WORLD, THEREFORE, RESEARCHING IT WOULD NOT BE ANY DIFFERENT
ONCE A TOPIC HAS BEEN DEFINED, IT CAN BE STUDIED OBJECTIVELY, AND REPLICATED
WEBER'S BELIEF IN IDEALISM (POPULAR IN GERMAN PHILOSOPHY AND ECONOMICS) WE ONLY KNOW THINGS - CONSTRUCT THINGS - THROUGH THE MEANINGS WE APPLY TO THEM; THIS MAKES HUMAN ACTORS CENTRAL TO ALL ASPECTS OF SOCIAL ANALYSIS
A. MODERN FREEDOM IS CHOOSING BETWEEN ALTERNATIVE BUREAUCRACIES WITH NO ONE PROVIDED THE FINAL SAY IN THE WORTH OF AN INDIVIDUAL; IF YOU FARE POORLY IN ONE, SHIFT TO ANOTHER
B. A FREE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM ALLOWS FOR A PLURALITY OF CHOICES PROVIDING AT LEAST SOME SORT OF FREEDOM FOR THE INDIVIDUAL
BASED ON A BELIEF IN THE LEGALITY OF ORDINANCES & LEGALITY OF THE TITLES OF THOSE WHO EXERCISE DOMINATION
BASED ON BELIEF IN SACRED QUALITY OF LONG-STANDING TRADITIONS & LEGITIMACY OF THOSE WHO EXERCISE AUTHORITY
BASED ON AN EXTRAORDINARY DEVOTION TO THE SACRED QUALITY OR HEROIC STRENGTH OR EXEMPLARY CHARACTER OF A PERSON & THE ORDER REVEALED OR CREATED BY THAT PERSON
THE WAYS IN WHICH GOODS ARE DISTRIBUTED;
CONTINUUM OF BUYING POWER AS INDIVIDUALS NOT GROUPS;
A HIERARCHY OF INDIVIDUALS IN TERMS OF BUYING POWER;
STATUS DIMENSION PLACES PEOPLE INTO GROUPS, RATHER THAN CONTINUUM OF INDIVIDUALS;
GROUPS ARE CHARACTERIZED BY A PARTICULAR STYLE OF LIFE
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