Handbook of the Sociology of Morality

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

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The Sociology of Morality

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Handbook of

The Sociology of Morality

Edited by

Steven Hitlin University of Iowa Department of Sociology Iowa City, IA, USA

Stephen Vaisey University of California, Berkeley Department of Sociology Berkeley, CA, USA

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Editors Dr. Steven Hitlin Department of Sociology University of Iowa W140 Seashore Hall Iowa City, IA 52242-1401, USA [email protected]

Dr. Stephen Vaisey Department of Sociology University of California 410 Barrows Hall #1980 Berkeley, CA 94720-1980, USA [email protected]

ISSN 1389-6903 ISBN 978-1-4419-6894-4 e-ISBN 978-1-4419-6896-8 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-6896-8 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London Library of Congress Control Number: 2010934569 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2010 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

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