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Moral Selves, Evil Selves

The Social Psychology of Conscience

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  • © 2008

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  1. Steven Hitlin
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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-2
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  2. Introduction

    • Steven Hitlin
    Pages 3-10

  3. Building A Social Psychology Of Conscience

    • Steven Hitlin
    Pages 11-34

  4. Moving Parts

    • Steven Hitlin
    Pages 35-52

  5. Evolution, Society, And Conscience: Social Influences On Morality

    • Steven Hitlin
    Pages 53-74

  6. Processes Of Conscience: How The Moral Mind Works

    • Steven Hitlin
    Pages 75-92

  7. How Situations Subvert Conscience

    • Steven Hitlin
    Pages 93-112

  8. Us And Them: Shifting Moral Provinces

    • Steven Hitlin
    Pages 113-127

  9. Conscience In Individual Functioning: Self-Deception And Moral Self-Biases

    • Steven Hitlin
    Pages 129-146

  10. Conscience And Moral Horizons

    • Steven Hitlin
    Pages 147-166

  11. The Moral Ambiguity Of Personhood

    • Steven Hitlin
    Pages 167-183

  12. The Possibility Of Morality

    • Steven Hitlin
    Pages 185-202

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 203-269
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About this book

This book highlights the oft neglected moral aspect of "the self," examining the variety of neurological, psychological, and social processes that enter into the development and maintenance of moral orientations.

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"We very much need a smart Sociology of Morality, but amazingly it does not exist. Steven Hitlin is one of the most promising young scholars in the discipline who is seeking to correct that problem. Moral Selves, Evil Selves is a crucial contribution to the development of this obviously needed field." - Christian Smith, author of Moral, Believing Animals (Oxford 2003)

About the author

STEVE HITLIN is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Iowa, USA.

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