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‘Self-Preservation and Moral Duty’
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'Self-Preservation and Moral Duty' in Thinking Sociologically By Zygmunt Bauman When faced with the convoluted plethora of moral conflicts and human relationships that exist in all societies, there is little comfort for the sociologist in extricating herself from the mass of humanity and observing it with the objective eye of the scientist. Rather, when discussing social dynamics and power structures, one should start with the implicit assumption that the author, as a human, is influenced by the biases and internal set of beliefs with which we all must struggle. This is very true of Thinking Sociologically, in which Bauman exudes the political and philosophical undertows that inevitably pull the reader towards the left of the political spectrum, with the obvious consequences on sociological comment and analysis. However, it is the intricate web of human interaction that is woven in Thinking Sociologically and the exploration of many aspects of moral dilemmas...
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