Moral Minefields: How Sociologists Debate Good Science Dromi Shai M.
Moral Minefields: How Sociologists Debate Good Science Dromi Shai M. An analysis of the effects of moral debates on sociological research.Few academic disciplines are as contentious as sociology. Yet…
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Moral Minefields: How Sociologists Debate Good Science Dromi Shai M.
An analysis of the effects of moral debates on sociological research.Few academic disciplines are as contentious as sociology. Yet despite the controversy, scholars manage to engage in thorny debates without being censured. Sociologists routinely turn on their peers with fierce criticisms not only of their empirical rigor and theoretical clarity but of their character as well.
Dromi and Samuel D. How?In Moral Minefields, Shai M. 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.
Sociologists, they show, tend to respond to moral criticism of scholarly work in one of three ways. While some accept and endorse the criticism, others work out new ways to address these topics that can