Durkheim, Morals And Modernity.
Material type: TextPublisher: London : Taylor & Francis Group, 1996Copyright date: ©2004Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (297 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780203500170Subject(s): Durkheim, Émile, -- 1858-1917 | Electronic books. -- local | Ethics -- History | Sociologists -- France -- Biography | Sociology -- HistoryGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Durkheim, Morals And ModernityDDC classification: 301.092 LOC classification: HM22.F82 -- D884 1996ebOnline resources: Click to ViewBook 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.
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.
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