Ideology
Social Theory
Offers absolute certainty
Has all the answers
Fixed, closed, finished
Avoids tests, discrepant findings
Blind to opposing evidence
Locked into specific moral beliefs
Highly partial
Has contradictions, inconsistencies
Rooted in specific position
Conditional, negotiated understandings
Incomplete, recognizes uncertainty
Growing, open, unfolding, expanding
Welcomes tests , positive and negative evidence
Changes based on evidence
Detached, disconnected, moral stand
Neutral considers all sides
Strongly seeks logical consistency, congruity
Transcends/ crosses social positions