Explaining norms / Geoffrey Brennan, Lina Eriksson, Robert E. Goodin, and Nicholas Southwood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brennan, Geoffrey, 1944-

Eriksson, Lina, author.

Goodin, Robert E., author.

Southwood, Nicholas, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Norm (Philosophy).

Social norms.

Social norms--Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 290 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Norms are a pervasive yet mysterious feature of social life. In 'Explaining Norms', four philosophers and social scientists team up to grapple with some of the many mysteries, offering a comprehensive account of norms: what they are; how and why they emerge, persist and change; and how they work.

Contents:

1. Introducing norms

Part I. Explaining the nature of norms. 2. Norms

3. Formal and non-formal norms

4. Moral and social norms

Part II. Explaining the emergence, persistence, and change of norms. 5. Patterns of emergence, persistence, and change

6. Rational reconstruction

7. Social meaning

8. Bad norms

Part III. Explaining with norms. 9. Norm following

10. Norm conforming

11. Norm breaching

12. Attitudes and modes of deliberation

13. Conclusions.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on September 4, 2013).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-174796-3

0-19-150622-2

OCLC:

863414833