Durkheim, Morals and Modernity

ISBN-13: 9781138968004 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 300 str.

William Watts Miller; W. Watts Miller; W. Watts Miller

Opis

This thorough and wide-ranging examination of the science of morals revives and defends the tradition of a scientific approach to ethics. It engages with recent debates on modernism and morality, demonstrating the contemporary relevance of

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Introduction: Durkheim’s project; Part I “America”; Chapter One Developing a moral science; Chapter Two Towards a new spirit of the laws; Chapter Three The division of labour; Chapter Four The organic self; Chapter Five Modern ills and modern ideals; Part II The kingdom and the republic; Chapter Six Virtue ethics: duty and the good; Chapter Seven Rational ethics: autonomy; Chapter Eight From the kingdom of ends to the republic of persons; Chapter Nine A secular religion?; Chapter Ten The cult of man;

O autorze

W. Watts Miller