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173 Copy quote. When man discovered the mirror, he began to lose his soul. Emile Durkheim. Men, Mirrors, Soul. 142 Copy quote. Man is only a moral being because he lives in society, since morality consists in solidarity with the group, and varies according to that solidarity.
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Abstract: This handbook articulates how sociology can re-engage its roots as the scientific study of human moral systems, actions, and interpretation. This second volume builds on the successful original volume published in 2010, which contributed to the initiation of a new section of the American Sociological Association (ASA), thus growing ...
The new science, he writes, is to study a “set of judgments that people, individually or collectively, make about their own acts and those of others.”. These constitute the “reality” it studies and they are plainly “phenomena of consciousness” and so, inevitably, they require the study of moral motivations of actors.
Feb 26, 2013 · The study of morality was once central to social thought and a primary concern of philosophers throughout recorded history. From the dawn of the social sciences, morality was considered a primary aspect of human relations; for those writing around Adam Smith’s time, the words “social” and “moral” were often used interchangeably.
Apr 17, 2002 · When “morality” is used simply to refer to a code of conduct put forward by an actual group, including a society, even if it is distinguished from etiquette, law, and religion, it is being used in a descriptive sense. It is also being used in the descriptive sense when it refers to important attitudes of individuals.
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Jul 23, 2018 · The sociology of morality, a perspective that seeks to explore moral phenomena in their relation to the social and cultural contexts, is a recently ‘rediscovered’ field of studies (McCaffree, 2016) – over the past few years, considerable efforts have been made for its re-institutionalization, which includes, most importantly, publishing a couple of specific volumes (Hitlin and Vaisey ...
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The New Sociology of Morality. Sociology was once integral to the scientific study of morality, but its explicit focus has waned over the past half-century. This article calls for greater sociological engagement in order to speak to the resurgence of the study of morality in cognate fields. We identify important treatments of morality, some of ...
