Otto Pipatti

Morality Made Visible

Edward Westermarck's Moral and Social Theory

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is the first full study of Edward Westermarckâ s moral and social theory, focusing on the key elements of his theory of moral emotions as presented in The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas and summarized in Ethical Relativity.

Produktdetails

• Classical and Contemporary Social Theory
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 170
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 155mm x 235mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 284g
• ISBN-13: 9780367660444
• ISBN-10: 036766044X
• Artikelnr.: 60009635

Autorenporträt

Otto Pipatti is a researcher in the Department of Social Research at the University of Helsinki, Finland.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Research Programme on Morality 2. The Evolution of
Westermarck's Theory of Moral Emotions 3. Westermarck's Mature Account of
Morality 4. Sympathy in Westermarck's Sociology (I): Evolutionary Roots and
Expansion 5. Sympathy in Westermarck's Sociology (II): The Genesis and
Maintenance of Moral Norms 6. The Anatomy of Moral Responsibility 7. The
Origin and Development of Moral Sentimentalism: Westermarck on Shaftesbury,
Hutcheson, and Hume 8. The Smithian Roots of Westermarck's Theory of
Morality Concluding Remarks