Andrew Sayer (Lancaster University)

Why Things Matter to People

Social Science, Values and Ethical Life

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Our relation to the world is one of concern. For students, social researchers and general readers, this book shows how social science and philosophy need to change to understand people's evaluative relation to the world, and particularly their ethical dispositions and sense of dignity.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Januar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 470g
• ISBN-13: 9780521171649
• ISBN-10: 0521171644
• Artikelnr.: 32288422

Autorenporträt

Andrew Sayer is Professor of Social Theory and Political Economy in the Department of Sociology at Lancaster University. His most recent publications include The Moral Significance of Class (2005) and Realism and Social Science (2000).

Inhaltsangabe

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.

Rezensionen

'This is an outstandingly well written text, clear and accessible but without oversimplification. Given recent assaults on the human/non-human distinction, Sayer's sturdy defence of what is distinctively human in our liability to suffering and our ability to thrive is more than welcome.' Margaret S. Archer, University of Warwick