Political Science · Political Theory
Which or who is Not related to Empirical Political Theory?
- 1. Descriptive
- 2. Value Neutral
- 3. John Rawls
- 4. Francis Bacon
- 5. David Hume
- 6. Behaviouralism
- 7. Concerned with 'what is'
- 8. Logical Positivism
AOnly 3 ✓ Correct
B2 and 3
C2, 3 and 5
DOnly 5
Correct answer: (A) Only 3 — John Rawls is a normative thinker, so item 3 alone does not belong to empirical political theory.
Explanation
★John Rawls is a normative thinker, so item 3 alone does not belong to empirical political theory.
★Empirical theory studies what is, describing political reality through facts and observation.
★It is value neutral, aiming to keep the observer's preferences out of the findings.
★Francis Bacon and David Hume are founders of the empiricist tradition that grounds knowledge in experience.
★Behaviouralism is the strongest modern form of empirical political science, built on observable behaviour.
★Logical positivism insisted that only verifiable statements are meaningful, reinforcing the empirical stance.
★Rawls, by contrast, builds an ideal theory of justice through reasoning about what ought to be.
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