1. A Distinct Science for a Distinct Species. Sociology's Fragility. Nature's Revenge. Equality at What Price? The Interpreting Self and the Meaningful Society

2. Other Animal Species and Us. Social Theory and the Second Biological Revolution. The Case for Other Animals. What Sociobiology Teaches Us. Tertiary Rules and Human Choice

3. Mind, Self, Society, and Computer. Respect for Machines. The Human Essence Test. Software Intelligence. Hardware Intelligence. Computers, Humans, and Rules

4. Putting Nature First. The Environmental Impulse. Animal Rights and Human Imagination. Deep Ecology. Gaia. The Computer in the Woods

5. The Post-modern Void. Between the Sacred and the Profane. Beneath the Sacred and the Profane. Information Versus Meaning. Algorithmic Justice. A World Safe for Systems

6. Social Science as a Way of Knowing. The Two Faces of Social Science. Methodological Pluralism. Sociological Realism. Social Science as a Vocation. Is Sociology Necessary?

7. Society on Its Own Terms. Competing Metaphors. What Social Institutions Are For. Philosophical Anthropology Revisited.