Why things matter to people: social science, values and ethical life/ Andrew Sayer.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011Description: ix, 284 p. ; 23 cmISBN: 9781107001145 (hardback); 1107001145 (hardback)Subject(s): Social values | Social norms | Normativity (Ethics) | Social sciences -- Moral and ethical aspectsDDC classification: 303.37201Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Books | Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section | 303.37201 SAY/W (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | P18054 |
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303.372 SMI/S Social justice and neo liberalism: global perspectives/ | 303.372 SWA/S Social justice and communication scholarship/ | 303.372 TUR/T The culture of morality: social development, context, and conflict/ | 303.37201 SAY/W Why things matter to people: social science, values and ethical life/ | 303.37202 POS/N New Methods in Social Justice Research for the Twenty-First Century/ | 303.372054 SAM/K Key texts on social justice in india/ | 303.3720951 STE/C Communities of Complicity/ |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 264-278) and index.
Introduction: a relation to the world of concern -- Values within reason -- Reason beyond rationality: values and practical reason -- Beings for whom things matter -- Understanding the ethical dimension of life -- Dignity -- Critical social science and its rationales -- Implications for social science -- Appendix: comments on philosophical theories of ethics.
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