Kinsey, like every other social scientist since the Enlightenment, was simply obeying the central tenet of his  that the scientific study of society is possible; that the results of such study are a better basis for policy than, say, the Mosaic interdiction against homosexuality.
Kinsey believed in the superiority of the scientific method applied to all disciplines, society in particular, said the teacher.
mnli hypothesis: Kinsey believed in the superiority of the scientific method applied to all disciplines, society in particular, said the teacher. premise: Kinsey, like every other social scientist since the Enlightenment, was simply obeying the central tenet of his  that the scientific study of society is possible; that the results of such study are a better basis for policy than, say, the Mosaic interdiction against homosexuality.