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Why Things Matter to People: Social Science, Values and Ethical Life

Sayer, Andrew·2011·Cambridge University Press eBooks
DOI 10.1017/cbo9780511734779
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Andrew Sayer undertakes a fundamental critique of social science's difficulties in acknowledging that people's relation to the 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 and the importance people attach to dignity. He argues for a robustly critical social science that explains and evaluates social life from the standpoint of human flourishing.

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Authors
Sayer, A.
Affiliations
Lancaster University (GB)
Corresponding author
Sayer, Andrew
ORCID
Sayer, Andrew
Venue
Cambridge University Press eBooks
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Published
2011-01-20
DOI
10.1017/cbo9780511734779
OpenAlex
W3188963984
Cited by
929
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44.69
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book
Language
en
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www.cambridge.org/core/terms (unspecified, 502 d)
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Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Critical Realism in Sociology
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Philosophical Ethics and Theory
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice
Keywords
concern, values, critique of modernism, eudaimonia, human dignity, everyday ethics, social theory, philosophy of social science, well-being, interpersonal relationships, critique of social science

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