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Durkheim, morals and modernity / W. Watts Miller.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Watts Miller, William, 1944-
- Series:
- McGill-Queen's studies in the history of ideas ; 20.
- McGill-Queen's studies in the history of ideas ; 20
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Durkheim, Émile, 1858-1917.
- Sociologists--France--Biography.
- Ethics--History.
- Sociology--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (297 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Montreal ; Buffalo : McGill-Queens University Press, c1996.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-281) and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781135366674
- 1135366675
- 9781280109461
- 1280109467
- 9781135366681
- 1135366683
- 9780585453040
- 0585453047
- 9780203500170
- 0203500172
- OCLC:
- 437077084
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