Moral minefields : how sociologists debate good science / Shai M. Dromi and Samuel D. Stabler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dromi, Shai M. (Shai Mordechai), author.

Stabler, Samuel D., author.

Series:

Chicago scholarship online.

Chicago scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology--Research--Moral and ethical aspects.

Sociology.

Social sciences and ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 227 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2024.

Summary:

Few academic disciplines are as contentious as sociology. Sociologists routinely turn on their peers with fierce criticisms not only of their empirical rigor and theoretical clarity but of their character as well. Yet despite the controversy, scholars manage to engage in thorny debates without being censured. In 'Moral Minefields', Shai M. Dromi and Samuel D. Stabler consider five recent controversial topics in sociology-race and genetics, secularization theory, methodological nationalism, the culture of poverty, and parenting practices - to reveal how moral debates affect the field.

Contents:

Introduction : rules of the road

Navigating in a minefield : moral repertoires and sociological research

Academic no-go zones : on social-gene interactions, cultures of poverty, and forbidden knowledge claims in sociology

Moral highways and byways : connecting new critiques with old insights in the study of nationalism

Chartered trips : remapping controversy and the renewal of research on the family

Conclusion : on moral grounds

Afterword : researching the good in research justifications.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on December 14, 2023).

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ISBN:

0-226-82817-4

OCLC:

1381712417