Reality of Social Groups (eBook)

Dr Paul Sheehy (Autor)

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2012
238 Seiten
Ashgate Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-4094-8515-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Examining the ontological nature of social groups and the way in which groups should be regarded within moral deliberation this book makes an original contribution to the field of social philosophy. It tackles the fundamental metaphysical question that has either been ignored or unsatisfactorily addressed:what kind of thing is a social group? Sheehy argues for an ontological realism about groups, defending the thesis that groups are composite material particulars, ontologically on a par with individuals and capable of figuring in their own right in descriptions and explanations. He then goes on to discuss the practical and moral question of whether groups can be regarded as the bearers of moral status, rights and moral judgements.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.10.2012
• Mitarbeit: Herausgeber (Serie): Moore Oates, Professor John Post, Professor Graham Priest, Professor Sean Sayers, Professor Ravindra Raj Singh, Professor Joseph Friggieri, Professor Moira Gatens, Dr Simon Glendinning, Professor Alan Goldman, Professor Paul Helm, Professor David Lamb, Professor Peter Lipton, Professor Alan Musgrave
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• ISBN-10: 1-4094-8515-3 / 1409485153
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4094-8515-5 / 9781409485155