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Bound by convention : obligation and social rules / David Owens.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Owens, David, 1954- author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Convention (Philosophy).
- Social ethics.
- Social interaction--Philosophy.
- Social interaction.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 261 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Obligation and social rules
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2022.
- Summary:
- This work argues that being bound by a social convention can be valuable for its own sake. People need meaning in their lives, and conventions infuse our acts and attitudes with significance, rendering them right or wrong. Such rules bind us not just in virtue of their usefulness but also because their absence would impoverish our social world.
- Notes:
- This edition also issued in print: 2022.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 6, 2022).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-191859-8
- 0-19-264948-5
- 0-19-264947-7
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