The Possibility of Normative Analysis in Sociology

シャカイガク ニオケル キハンテキ ブンセキ ノ カノウセイ

ナガマツ, ナミエ

Nagamatsu, Namie

オオサカ ダイガク ダイガクイン ニンゲン カガク ケンキュウカ シャカイガク ニンゲンガク ジンルイガク ケンキュウシツ

Sociology, Anthropology and Philosophy, Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University

英語

規範理論

経験理論

機会の平等

公正な配分原理

justice research

normative theory

empirical theory

equality of opportunity

fair criterion of distribution

Normative theories of justice should be assessed by not only whether they show the just world explicitly but also how they assess the real world and how they show the ideal. It is a practical criterion of normative theories of justice. In this paper, I sort out justice researches into two groups, normative research and empirical research, and point out the difference and the absence of exchange among two researches. And, I insist that few researches from both two consider the practical criterion of normative theories and normative research should inquire the practical criterion of normative theories. Next, I consider the "equality of opportunity" principle, the "fair criterion of distribution" principle, and the "equality of opportunity - fair criterion of distribution" principle, which are developed in the social stratification theory, and insist that these principles cannot show the ideal world explicitly and we need the idea of normative theories of justice. Concretely, I compare the "equality of opportunity' principle developed by J. Roemer, a normative theorist, with the "equality of opportunity - fair criterion of distribution" principle, and stress the signification of normative theories as theories for assessment of the real world because they can show the ideal. In this paper, I consider about the practical criterion of normative theories in the social stratification research and propose the normative analysis of social process in sociology.

英語