Book Review: Social Psychology: Sociological Perspectives
In: Teaching sociology: TS, Band 37, Heft 3, S. 317-318
ISSN: 1939-862X
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In: Teaching sociology: TS, Band 37, Heft 3, S. 317-318
ISSN: 1939-862X
In: Teaching sociology: TS, Band 32, Heft 3, S. 333-335
ISSN: 1939-862X
In: SpringerBriefs in Sociology
This volume offers a comprehensible account of the development and evolution of moral systems. It seeks to answer the following questions: If morals are eternal and unchanging, why have the world's dominant religious moral systems been around for no more than a mere six thousand of the two hundred thousand years of modern human existence? What explains the many and varied moral systems across the globe today? How can we account for the significant change in moral values in one place in less than 100 years' time? Using examples from classical civilizations, the book demonstrates how increasing diversity compromises a moral system's ability to account for and integrate larger populations into a single social unit. This environmental stress is not relieved until a broader, more abstract moral system is adopted by a social system. This new system provides a sense of belonging and purpose for more people, motivating them to engage in prosocial (or moral) acts and refrain from socially disruptive selfish acts. The current human rights paradigm is the world's first universal, indigenous moral system. Because moral systems can be expected to continue to evolve, this book points to current boundaries of the human rights paradigm and where the next major moral revolution might emerge.
In: Journal of applied social science: an official publication of the Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology, Band 14, Heft 1, S. 3-4
ISSN: 1937-0245
In: Teaching sociology: TS, Band 40, Heft 4, S. 377-378
ISSN: 1939-862X
In: Teaching sociology: TS, Band 39, Heft 1, S. 111-112
ISSN: 1939-862X
In: Teaching sociology: TS, Band 33, Heft 4, S. 432-434
ISSN: 1939-862X
In: Humanity & society, Band 24, Heft 4, S. 418-420
ISSN: 2372-9708
In: Journal of comparative family studies, Band 25, Heft 2, S. 295-296
ISSN: 1929-9850
In: Teaching sociology: TS, Band 28, Heft 2, S. 170
ISSN: 1939-862X