Why things matter to people : social science, values and ethical life /

"Andrew Sayer undertakes a fundamental critique of social science's difficulties in acknowledging that people's relation to the world is one of concern. As sentient beings, capable of flourishing and suffering, and particularly vulnerable to how others treat us, our view of the world...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sayer, R. Andrew
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Temas:
Social values.
Social norms.
Values.
Normativity (Ethics)
Social sciences > Moral and ethical aspects.
Valeurs sociales.
Normes sociales.
Norme (Morale)
Sciences sociales > Aspect moral.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Social norms
Social sciences > Moral and ethical aspects
Social values
Values
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: a relation to the world of concern
  • Values within reason
  • Reason beyond rationality: values and practical reason
  • Beings for whom things matter
  • Understanding the ethical dimension of life
  • Dignity
  • Critical social science and its rationales
  • Implications for social science
  • Appendix: comments on philosophical theories of ethics.

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