In considering sociological phenomena, we thus find a hierarchy of relationships. This hierarchy can also be constructed from the viewpoint of ethical categories, although ethical categories are generally not very suitable points of departure for the convenient and complete isolation of sociological elements. The value-feelings with which we accompany the actions of individual wills fall into certain series. But the relation between these series, on the one hand, and constructs of forms of social relation according to objective-conceptual viewpoints, on the other, is completely fortuitous.

DEFINE: Clarifies the distinction between ethical value-feeling series and objective-conceptual social relation constructs, and asserts their alignment is fortuitous rather than systematic.

Georg Simmel, on individuality and social…, loc. 295