Ordinary ethics : anthropology, language, and action / edited by Michael Lambek.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lambek, Michael.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anthropological ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (478 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Fordham University Press, 2010.

Summary:

Bringing together ethnographic exposition with philosophical concepts and arguments and effectively transcending subdisciplinary boundaries between cultural and linguistic anthropology, the essays collected in this volume explore the ethical entailments of speech and action and demonstrate the centrality of ethical practice, judgment, reasoning, responsibility, cultivation, commitment, and questioning in social life. Rather than focus on codes of conduct or hot-button issues, they make the cumulative argument that ethics is profoundly ordinary,pervasive-and possibly even intrinsic to speech and action.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Contributors

Introduction

Theoretical Frameworks

Toward An Ethics Of The Act

Minds, Surfaces, And Reasons In The Anthropology Of Ethics

From The Ethical To The Themitical (And Back): Groundwork For An Anthropology Of Ethics

The Ethics Of Speaking

Ethics, Language, And Human Sociality

The Ordinary Ethics Of Everyday Talk

Responsibility And Agency

Agency And Responsibility: Perhaps You Can Have Too Much Of A Good Thing

Abu Ghraib And The Problem Of Evil

Punishment And Personal Dignity

The Punishment Of Ethical Behavior

Ordinary Ethics And Changing Cosmologies: Exemplification From North Australia

Philosophical Comments On Charles Stafford And Francesca Merlan

Ethics And Formality

Natural Manners: Etiquette, Ethics, And Sincerity In American Conduct Manuals

''They Did It Like A Song'': Ethics, Aesthetics, And Tradition In Hopi Legal Discourse

Ethical Subjects: Character And Practice

People Of No Substance: Imposture And The Contingency Of Morality In The Colombian Amazon

Ethics Between Public And Private: Sex Workers' Relationships In London

On The Pragmatics Of Empathy In The Neurodiversity Movement

Being Sadharana: Talking About The Just Business Person In Sri Lanka

Ethical Life: Encounters With History, Religion, And The Political

Engaging Others: Religious Conviction And Irony In The Holy Lands

Between Queer Ethics And Sexual Morality

Engaging The Life Of The Other: Love And Everyday Life

The Ghosts Of War And The Ethics Of Memory

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 415-450) and index.

ISBN:

0-8232-3318-9

OCLC:

698590922