Handbook of the Sociology of Morality

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hitlin, Steven (Editor), Vaisey, Stephen (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Edition: 1.
• Series: Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research,
• Subjects: Religion.; Ethics.; Sociology.; Religious Studies.; Religious Studies, general.; Sociology, general.

Human beings necessarily understand their social worlds in moral terms, orienting their lives, relationships, and activities around socially-produced notions of right and wrong. Morality is sociologically understood as more than simply helping or harming others; it encompasses any way that individua...