Rediscovering the Moral: The ‘Old’ and ‘New’ Sociology of Morality in the Context of the Behavioural...

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Beteiligte: Bykov, Andrey
In: Sociology, 53, 2019, 1, S. 192-207
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SAGE Publications
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Umfang: 192-207
ISSN: 0038-0385
1469-8684
DOI: 10.1177/0038038518783967
veröffentlicht in: Sociology
Sprache: Englisch
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Kollektion: SAGE Publications (CrossRef)
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<jats:p> This article examines the relationships between the sociology of morality and behavioural sciences. It is argued that, although the classical sociological tradition provides valuable theoretical resources for understanding moral phenomena, the prevalence of behavioural sciences in the field is problematic for the ‘new’ sociology of morality, particularly given a wider naturalist movement represented by some modern social theorists. In the context of the current discussion about the future of the sociology of morality, especially the question of how it should react to the dominating biological and psychological approaches, I propose two possible perspectives for the field’s ongoing development. </jats:p>