Why Things Matter to People: Social Science, Values and Ethical Life

ISBN-13: 9780521171649 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 296 str.

Andrew Sayer

Opis

Andrew Sayer suggests how social science can better understand people's concerns and values, especially their ethical sentiments and dispositions.

Recenzje

'Sayer's book is to be lauded for returning social theory to fundamental humanistic principles of shared basic needs and concerns for well-being. At the present time of economic crisis and austerity measures, a stronger sociological engagement with basic human cares and concerns is much to be welcomed.' E. Stina Lyon, Sociology

Spis treści

Preface and acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: a relation to the world of concern; 2. Values within reason; 3. Reason beyond rationality: values and practical reason; 4. Beings for whom things matter; 5. Understanding the ethical dimension of life; 6. Dignity; 7. Critical social science and its rationales; 8. Implications for social science; Appendix: comments on philosophical theories of ethics; Bibliography; Index.