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Professional Ethics and Civic Morals (Paperback)
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Professional Ethics and Civic Morals (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Classics
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Emile Durkheim is one of the founding fathers of sociology and
Professional Ethics and Civic Morals 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. In Professional Ethics and
Civic Morals 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.
Arguing that the state has a vital role to play in moral life and
that morals are at bottom social facts - a controversial position
which drew considerable criticism - Durkheim also argues that the
state had a duty to protect the rights of the individual, via a
form of cosmopolitan patriotism. Durkheim also articulates a highly
original and critical interpretation of the rules around property
and inheritance - a perspective which resonates with debates about
inequality and the redistribution of wealth today. Included in this
Routledge Classics edition is a new introduction by Bryan S.Turner,
placing Durkheim in contemporary context and outlining the key
tenets of Professional Ethics and Civic Morals.
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