ISBN:
9781805390015
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (260 pages)
Series Statement:
WYSE Series in Social Anthropology 14
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
153.4/6
Keywords:
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
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Akrasia
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Ethics
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Judgment
;
Willensschwäche
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Soziales Handeln
;
Ethnologie
;
Psychologische Anthropologie
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Aufsatzsammlung
;
Soziales Handeln
;
Willensschwäche
;
Psychologische Anthropologie
;
Ethnologie
Abstract:
Anthropologists have long explained social behaviour as if people always do what they think is best. But what if most of these explanations only work because they are premised upon ignoring what philosophers call 'akrasia' - that is, the possibility that people might act against their better judgment? The contributors to this volume turn an ethnographic lens upon situations in which people seem to act out of line with what they judge, desire and intend. The result is a robust examination of how people around the world experience weaknesses of will, which speaks to debates in both the anthropology of ethics and moral philosophy
Note:
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Mai 2023)
,
In English
DOI:
10.1515/9781805390015
URL:
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