Moral Selves, Evil Selves

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

• Building a Social Psychology of Conscience Moving Parts Evolution, Society, and Conscience: Social Influences on Morality Processes of Conscience: How the Moral Mind Works How Situations Subvert Conscience Us and Them: Shifting Moral Provinces Conscience in Individual Functioning: Self-Deception and Moral Self-Biases Conscience and Moral Horizons The Moral Ambiguity of Personhood The Possibility of Morality in Society

"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)