Postpositivists

Positivism - Criticisms
... dismissing the scientific project outright, postpositivists seek to transform and amend it, though the exact extent of their affinity for science varies vastly ... For example, some postpositivists accept the critique that observation is always value-laden, but argue that the best values to adopt for sociological observation are ... as a moral commitment to egalitarian values these postpositivists see their methods as driven by a moral commitment to these scientific values ...

Postpositivism
... researched person are independent of each other, postpositivists accept that theories, background, knowledge and values of the researcher can influence what is observed ... However, like positivists, postpositivists pursue objectivity by recognizing the possible effects of biases ... Postpositivists believe that human knowledge is based not on unchallengeable, rock-solid foundations, but rather upon human conjectures ...