Book chapter
Morally Bonded and Bounded: A Sociological Introduction to Neurology
Biosociology and Neurosociology, Vol.29, pp.165-199
Advances in group processes, 29
01/01/2012
DOI: 10.1108/S0882-6145(2012)0000029009
Abstract
Purpose -- Due to an absence of dialogue between sociology and the neurosciences, the scientific study of morality largely ignores cultural and structural influences. This chapter offers a synthetic approach integrating these separate disciplines to aid a more complete understanding of morality. Design/methodology/approach -- This chapter reviews morality's bonding (a sense of groupness and belonging) and bounding (reproducing and reinforcing group boundaries) qualities across disciplines, and proposes three provisional principles to systematize an interdisciplinary model of morality. We then offer a preliminary illustration of how this model might be operationalized with functional MRI data. Findings -- Our proposed principles (as exemplified by our illustrative example) suggest that the sociology-neurology gap in understanding the domain of morality might shrink through an engagement with the underlying neural mechanisms that encompass issues of empathy, racial attitudes, and identity as potential platforms opening up a more "social" neuroscience. [Copyright Elsevier Ltd.]
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Morally Bonded and Bounded: A Sociological Introduction to Neurology
- Creators
- Rengin FiratSteven Hitlin
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Biosociology and Neurosociology, Vol.29, pp.165-199
- Series
- Advances in group processes; 29
- DOI
- 10.1108/S0882-6145(2012)0000029009
- eISBN
- 1781902577; 9781781902578
- ISSN
- 0882-6145
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/2012
- Academic Unit
- Sociology and Criminology
- Record Identifier
- 9984306247902771
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