{"product_id":"professional-ethics-and-civic-morals-9781138601895","title":"Professional Ethics and Civic Morals","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eÉmile Durkheim is one of the founding fathers of sociology and \u003ci\u003eProfessional Ethics and Civic Morals\u003c\/i\u003e is one of his most neglected yet insightful works. Durkheim''s view that the instability of industrial society was connected to the decline of religion and his characterization of the state as the ultimate moral force in society reveal his lifelong engagement with the relationship between the individual and society. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eProfessional Ethics and Civic Morals\u003c\/i\u003e Durkheim poses a major question: given the negative social consequences of unfettered markets, which caused what he termed anomie', how is the state to reconcile morality with the market? Durkheim argues that the answer is to be found in the evolution of a civil religion, in the form of professional codes and civic values, which would counteract the effects of individualism, just as guilds had regulated medieval economic life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArguing that the state has a vital role to play in \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘…one cannot help realizing that had the social sciences paid more attention to Durkheim half a century or so ago, a good many false steps might have been saved and we might be much further along than we are today. Even if his point of view in its entirety may not be acceptable, Durkheim had insights well ahead of his age.’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnnual Review of Anthropology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘…one cannot help realizing that had the social sciences paid more attention to Durkheim half a century or so ago, a good many false steps might have been saved and we might be much further along than we are today. Even if his point of view in its entirety may not be acceptable, Durkheim had insights well ahead of his age.’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnnual Review of Anthropology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction to the Routledge Classics Edition – Bryan S. Turner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Professional Ethics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Civic Morals\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Duties in General, Independent of any Social Grouping – Homicide\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. The Rule Prohibiting Attacks on Property\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. The Right of Property\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. The Right of Contract\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7. Morals of Contractual Relations\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019506876759,"sku":"9781138601895","price":20.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138601895.jpg?v=1750780472","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/professional-ethics-and-civic-morals-9781138601895","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}