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Overview"This book highlights the oft neglected moral aspect of ""the self,"" examining the variety of neurological, psychological, and social processes that enter into the development and maintenance of moral orientations." Full Product DetailsAuthor: S. HitlinPublisher: Palgrave Macmillan Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.505kg ISBN: 9780230603950ISBN 10: 0230603955 Pages: 268 Publication Date: 14 October 2008 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsBuilding a Social Psychology of Conscience Moving Parts Evolution, Society, and Conscience: Social Influences on Morality Processes of Conscience: How the Moral Mind Works How Situations Subvert Conscience Us and Them: Shifting Moral Provinces Conscience in Individual Functioning: Self-Deception and Moral Self-Biases Conscience and Moral Horizons The Moral Ambiguity of Personhood The Possibility of Morality in SocietyReviews<p> We very much need a smart Sociology of Morality, but amazingly it does not exist. Steven Hitlin is one of the most promising young scholars in the discipline who is seeking to correct that problem. Moral Selves, Evil Selves is a crucial contribution to the development of this obviously needed field. --Christian Smith, author of Moral, Believing Animals (Oxford 2003) <p>“We very much need a smart Sociology of Morality, but amazingly it does not exist. Steven Hitlin is one of the most promising young scholars in the discipline who is seeking to correct that problem. Moral Selves, Evil Selves is a crucial contribution to the development of this obviously needed field.” --Christian Smith, author of Moral, Believing Animals (Oxford 2003) We very much need a smart Sociology of Morality, but amazingly it does not exist. Steven Hitlin is one of the most promising young scholars in the discipline who is seeking to correct that problem. Moral Selves, Evil Selves is a crucial contribution to the development of this obviously needed field. --Christian Smith, author of Moral, Believing Animals (Oxford 2003) Author InformationSTEVE HITLIN is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Iowa, USA. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |