The anthropology of morality : a dynamic and interactionist approach /
Why, when and where are some moral systems supported and followed whilst others are condemned? Are moral values relative or universal? Can immoral actions be tolerated in times of crisis? Is the dream of becoming better sufficient for prompting virtuous behavior, or should we dream about what is bes...
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
[2021]
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Table of Contents:
- The anthropology of morality : a lens for observing moralities as social facts
- Words and actions : from ethno-ethics to the anthropology of morality
- The choice of methods : from methodological individualism to interactionism
- No holism, no generalizations? : on idiosyncrasies and regularities
- Life experiences, moral justifications and moral anaesthesia
- Hierarchy of values and dynamics of value change
- Tolerance, conformity and moral relativism
- Moral education
- Ordinary and 'extra-ordinary' ethics
- Moral imagination or the need for transcendence
- Conclusion
- Epilogue : rethinking moralities after postmodernism.