Professional Ethics and Civic Morals

ISBN-13: 9781138601895 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 242 str.

Emile Durkheim

Opis

Durkheim poses a major question: given the separation of the economy from society and increasing secularization, how can we find a morality which is relevant to the modern state? Durkheim argues that the answer is to be found in the evolution of professional codes and civic values, which contribute to a regulation of the economy as guilds had regulated medieval economic life. Arguing that the state has a vital role to play in regulating moral life – a controversial position which drew considerable criticism– Durkheim also argued that the state had a duty to protect the rights of the individual. Included in this Routledge Classics edition is a new introduction by Bryan S.Turner.

O autorze

Émile Durkheim (1858-1917) was one of the founders of sociology and social anthropology. He also believed that education was vitally important in sustaining a moral life and was deeply involved in the campaign for educational reform in France.