1st Edition

The Anthropology of Morality A Dynamic and Interactionist Approach

By Monica Heintz Copyright 2021
168 Pages
by Routledge

168 Pages
by Routledge

168 Pages
by Routledge

Why, when and where are some moral systems supported and followed whilst others are condemned? Are moral values culturally relative or universal? Can immoral actions be tolerated in times of crisis? Is the dream of becoming better sufficient for prompting virtuous behavior, or should we dream about what is best? Do moral values last? The divergence in practices and codes of moral belief and... Read more

Chapter 1. The anthropology of morality: a lens for observing moralities as social facts

Chapter 2. Words and actions: from ethno-ethics to the anthropology of morality

Chapter 3. The choice of methods: from methodological individualism to interactionism

Chapter 4. No holism, no generalizations? On idiosyncrasies and regularities

Chapter 5. Life experiences, moral justifications and moral anaesthesia

Chapter 6. Hierarchy of values and dynamics of value changes

Chapter 7. Tolerance, conformity and moral relativism

Chapter 8. Moral education

Chapter 9. Ordinary and ‘extra-ordinary’ ethics

Chapter 10. Moral imagination or the need for transcendence

Biography

Monica Heintz is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Paris Nanterre, France and Co-director of the Laboratoire d’Ethnologie et de Sociologie Comparative (CNRS/University Paris Nanterre).