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Record Nr.

UNINA9910172221603321

Autore

Watts Miller William <1944->

Titolo

Durkheim, morals and modernity / / W. Watts Miller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal ; ; Buffalo, : McGill-Queens University Press, c1996

ISBN

1-135-36667-5

1-280-10946-7

1-135-36668-3

0-585-45304-7

0-203-50017-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 p.)

Collana

McGill-Queen's studies in the history of ideas ; ; 20

Disciplina

301.092

301/.09

Soggetti

Sociologists - France

Ethics - History

Sociology - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-281) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Durkheim's project; Developing a moral science; Towards a new spirit of the laws; The division of labour; The organic self; Modern ills and modern ideals; Virtue ethics: duty and the good; Rational ethics: autonomy; From the kingdom of ends to the republic of persons; A secular religion?; The cult of man; Conclusion: from ~is~ to ~ought~; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This thorough and wide-ranging examination of the science of morals revives and defends the tradition of a scientific approach to ethics. It engages with recent debates on modernism and morality, demonstrating the contemporary relevance of