Self, Relational Sociology, and Morality in Practice

Owen Abbott is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Manchester, UK. He is also a member of the Morgan Centre for Research into Everyday Lives.

• 1. Introduction: A Relational Sociology of Morality in Practice.- 2. An Overview of Relational Sociology.- 3. From Rationalism to Practices, Dispositions and Situated Subjectivities.- 4. From Holism and Individualism to a Relational Perspective on the Sociology of Morality.- 5. The New Sociology of Morality and Morality in Practice.- 6. The Self and a Relational Explanation of Morality in Practice.- 7. Conclusion - A Relational View of Moral Phenomena.-