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The normative animal? : on the anthropological significance of social, moral and linguistic norms /

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An interdisciplinary group of scholars investigates the claim that humans are essentially normative animals. They do so by looking at the nature and relations of three types of norms, or putative norms--social, moral, and linguistic--and asking whether they might be different expressions of one basi...

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Other Authors: Roughley, Neil (Editor), Bayertz, Kurt (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]
Series:Foundations of human interaction.
Subjects:
Social norms.
Normativity (Ethics)
Standard language.
Normes sociales.
Norme (Morale)
Langue standard.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Social norms
Standard language
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:An interdisciplinary group of scholars investigates the claim that humans are essentially normative animals. They do so by looking at the nature and relations of three types of norms, or putative norms--social, moral, and linguistic--and asking whether they might be different expressions of one basic structure unique to humankind.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9780190846497
0190846496
9780190846480
0190846488
9780190846473
019084647X