ISBN:
9781857283358
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (297 p)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Durkheim, Morals And Modernity
DDC:
301.092
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Durkheim's project; Developing a moral science; Towards a new spirit of the laws; The division of labour; The organic self; Modern ills and modern ideals; Virtue ethics: duty and the good; Rational ethics: autonomy; From the kingdom of ends to the republic of persons; A secular religion?; The cult of man; Conclusion: from ~is~ to ~ought~; Notes; References; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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