Answer:
Emile Durkheim
Explanation:
Emile Durkheim work primarily focused on how people can remain moral where social traditions and religious ties are not assumed. He made sociology be accepted as a legitimate science.
His theories were based on the concept of structural functionalism. He believed that social science needs to study the actions of the masses of people and not the individual.
Hence, the question is referring to Emile Durkheim.