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UNINA9910172221603321 |
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Autore |
Watts Miller William <1944-> |
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Titolo |
Durkheim, morals and modernity / / W. Watts Miller |
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Montreal ; ; Buffalo, : McGill-Queens University Press, c1996 |
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1-135-36667-5 |
1-280-10946-7 |
1-135-36668-3 |
0-585-45304-7 |
0-203-50017-2 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (297 p.) |
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Collana |
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McGill-Queen's studies in the history of ideas ; ; 20 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Sociologists - France |
Ethics - History |
Sociology - History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-281) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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