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Morality Made Visible Otto Pipatti (Helsinki University, Finland)

Morality Made Visible By Otto Pipatti (Helsinki University, Finland)

Morality Made Visible by Otto Pipatti (Helsinki University, Finland)


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This book is the first full study of Edward Westermarcks moral and social theory, focusing on the key elements of his theory of moral emotions as presented in The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas and summarized in Ethical Relativity.

Morality Made Visible Summary

Morality Made Visible: Edward Westermarcks Moral and Social Theory by Otto Pipatti (Helsinki University, Finland)

While highly respected among evolutionary scholars, the sociologist, anthropologist and philosopher Edward Westermarck is now largely forgotten in the social sciences. This book is the first full study of his moral and social theory, focusing on the key elements of his theory of moral emotions as presented in The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas and summarised in Ethical Relativity. Examining Westermarcks evolutionary approach to the human mind, the author introduces important new themes to scholarship on Westermarck, including the pivotal role of emotions in human reciprocity, the evolutionary origins of human society, social solidarity, the emergence and maintenance of moral norms and moral responsibility. With attention to Westermarcks debt to David Hume and Adam Smith, whose views on human nature, moral sentiments and sympathy Westermarck combined with Darwinian evolutionary thinking, Morality Made Visible highlights the importance of the theory of sympathy that lies at the heart of Westermarcks work, which proves to be crucial to his understanding of morality and human social life. A rigorous examination of Westermarcks moral and social theory in its intellectual context, this volume connects Westermarcks work on morality to classical sociology, to the history of evolutionism in the social and behavioural sciences, and to the sociological study of morality and emotions, showing him to be the forerunner of modern evolutionary psychology and anthropology. In revealing the lasting value of his work in understanding and explaining a wide range of moral phenomena, it will appeal to scholars of sociology, anthropology and psychology with interests in social theory, morality and intellectual history.

Morality Made Visible Reviews

"Otto Pipatti has done a great service by writing a brief, clear and careful book on Westermarcks core moral and social ideas [...]. What Pipatti has given us is a compelling and very well researched monograph on an unjustifiably overlooked major figure in the social sciences."

Aaron Garrett, The Journal of Scottish Philosophy

About Otto Pipatti (Helsinki University, Finland)

Otto Pipatti is a researcher in the Department of Social Research at the University of Helsinki, Finland.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Research Programme on Morality 2. The Evolution of Westermarcks Theory of Moral Emotions 3. Westermarcks Mature Account of Morality 4. Sympathy in Westermarcks Sociology (I): Evolutionary Roots and Expansion 5. Sympathy in Westermarcks Sociology (II): The Genesis and Maintenance of Moral Norms 6. The Anatomy of Moral Responsibility 7. The Origin and Development of Moral Sentimentalism: Westermarck on Shaftesbury, Hutcheson, and Hume 8. The Smithian Roots of Westermarcks Theory of Morality Concluding Remarks

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NPB9780815347439
9780815347439
081534743X
Morality Made Visible: Edward Westermarcks Moral and Social Theory by Otto Pipatti (Helsinki University, Finland)
New
Hardback
Taylor & Francis Inc
2019-03-12
170
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