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Sayer, R. Andrew.

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Why things matter to people : = social science, values and ethical life /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Why things matter to people :/ Andrew Sayer.
Reminder of title:	social science, values and ethical life /
Author:	Sayer, R. Andrew.
Published:	Cambridge, UK ;Cambridge University Press, : 2011.,
Description:	ix, 284 p. ;23 cm.
[NT 15003449]:	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.
Subject:	Normativity (Ethics) -
ISBN:	9780521171649

Why things matter to people : = social science, values and ethical life /
Sayer, R. Andrew.

Why things matter to people :social science, values and ethical life /Andrew Sayer. - Cambridge, UK ;Cambridge University Press,2011. - ix, 284 p. ;23 cm.

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.

"Andrew Sayer undertakes a fundamental critique of social science's difficulties in acknowledging that people's relation tothe world is one of concern. As sentient beings, capable of flourishing and suffering, and particularly vulnerable to how others treat us, our view of the world is substantially evaluative. Yet modernist ways of thinking encourage the common but extraordinary belief that values are beyond reason, and merely subjective or matters of convention, with little or nothing to do with the kind of beings people are, the quality of their social relations, their material circumstances or well-being. The author shows how social theory and philosophy need to change to reflect the complexity of everyday ethical concerns andthe importance people attach to dignity. He argues for a robustlycritical social science that explains and evaluates social life from the standpoint of human flourishing"--

ISBN: 9780521171649US34.99

LCCN: 2010038774Subjects--Topical Terms:

782835
Normativity (Ethics)

LC Class. No.: HM681 / .S29 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 303.3/7201

Why things matter to people : = social science, values and ethical life /
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520 $a "Andrew Sayer undertakes a fundamental critique of social science's difficulties in acknowledging that people's relation tothe world is one of concern. As sentient beings, capable of flourishing and suffering, and particularly vulnerable to how others treat us, our view of the world is substantially evaluative. Yet modernist ways of thinking encourage the common but extraordinary belief that values are beyond reason, and merely subjective or matters of convention, with little or nothing to do with the kind of beings people are, the quality of their social relations, their material circumstances or well-being. The author shows how social theory and philosophy need to change to reflect the complexity of everyday ethical concerns andthe importance people attach to dignity. He argues for a robustlycritical social science that explains and evaluates social life from the standpoint of human flourishing"-- $c Provided by publisher.
520 $a "This book is about social science's difficulties in acknowledging that people's relation to the world is one of concern. When we ask a friend how they are, they might reply in any number of ways, for example: 'I'm OK, thanks: my daughter's enjoying school, things are good at home and we've just had a great holiday.' 'Not so good: the boss is always in a bad mood and I'm worried about losing my job.' 'OK myself but I'm really appalled by what's been happening in the war.''I'm a bit depressed: I don't know where my life is going.' Such responses indicate that things matter to people, and make a difference to 'how they are'. Their lives can go well or badly, and their senseof well-being depends at least in part on how these other things that they care about - significant others, practices, objects, political causes - are faring, and on how others are treating them"-- $c Provided by publisher.
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