Abstract
Abstract. The need for sociology to become socially relevant is now being articulated by professional sociologists. While the doctrine that the discipline should be value‐free allows sociologists to serve and promote the social values of others, a vital sociological endeavor requires more. Classic sociology was value‐relevant. To be socially relevant, it is essential that the discipline become consciously value‐relevant, not value‐free. For sociology to distinguish important from unimportant social problems and actions requires judgments of relative social value. What social theory, what social policies, and why? Significant sociology analyzes the consequences of social structure, forces and change. This cannot be done in a value‐free context, especially so for sociologists who are interested in matters of social policy.
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