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Rules and Ethics

Perspectives from Anthropology and History
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This book investigates the pronounced enthusiasm that many traditions display for codes of ethics characterised by a multitude of rules. Recent anthropological interest in ethics and historical explorations of 'self-fashioning' have led to extensive study of the virtuous self, but existing scholarship tends to pass over the kind of morality that involves legalistic reasoning. Rules and ethics corrects that omission by demonstrating the importance of rules in everyday moral life in a variety of contexts. In a nutshell, it argues that legalistic moral rules are not necessarily an obstruction to a rounded ethical self, but can be an integral part of it. An extended introduction first sets out the theoretical basis for studies of ethical systems that are characterised by detailed rules. This is followed by a series of empirical studies of rule-oriented moral traditions in a comparative perspective.

Author Biography:

Morgan Clarke is Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Oxford and Fellow of Keble College Emily Corran is Lecturer in Medieval History at University College London -- .
Release date NZ
August 10th, 2021
Audiences
  • General (US: Trade)
  • Professional & Vocational
  • Tertiary Education (US: College)
Contributors
  • Edited by Emily Corran
  • Edited by Morgan Clarke
Illustrations
5 black & white illustrations
Pages
256
ISBN-13
9781526148902
Product ID
34304852

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