Moral Minefields: How Sociologists Debate Good Science

An analysis of the effects of moral debates on sociological research.

Few academic disciplines are as contentious as sociology. Sociologists routinely turn on their peers with fierce criticisms not only of their empirical rigor and theoretical clarity but of their character as well. Yet despite the controversy, scholars manage to engage in thorny debates without being censured. How?

In Moral Minefields, Shai M. Dromi and Samuel D. Stabler consider five recent controversial topics in sociol...