Andrew Sayer

Why Things Matter to People

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Andrew Sayer suggests how social science can better understand people's concerns and values, especially their ethical sentiments and dispositions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 584g
• ISBN-13: 9781107001145
• ISBN-10: 1107001145
• Artikelnr.: 32290619

Autorenporträt

Andrew Sayer is Professor of Social Theory and Political Economy in the Department of Sociology at Lancaster University. His most recent publications include The Moral Significance of Class (2005) and Realism and Social Science (2000).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface and acknowledgements
1. Introduction: a relation to the world of concern
2. Values within reason
3. Reason beyond rationality: values and practical reason
4. Beings for whom things matter
5. Understanding the ethical dimension of life
6. Dignity
7. Critical social science and its rationales
8. Implications for social science
Appendix: comments on philosophical theories of ethics
Bibliography
Index.