# Social Laws, Part 4

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/excursions/social-laws-part-4>

**By** George H. Smith

**Published:** March 22, 2017

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George H. Smith explains Herbert Spencer’s views of the scientific status of sociology, the nature of social laws, and the practical value of social science.

[Originally published in essay form on August 22, 2014.](https://www.libertarianism.org/columns/social-laws-part-4)

_Narrated by Daniel Hyland._