Moral anthropology : a critical reader / edited by Didier Fassin, Samuel Lézé. - xii, 386 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: The Moral Question in Anthropology -- -- Foundations -- Legacies of Moral Philosophies -- Premises of a Science of Morality -- -- Positions -- The Location of the Moral -- Ethical Relativism in Question -- -- Descriptions -- Local Ethics -- Moral Economies -- -- Confrontations -- Critical Situations -- Practical Tensions -- -- Prescriptions -- Moralizing the World? -- Codifying the Discipline? -- -- Conclusion: Towards an Hauntology of the Moral Question. Part I. Part II. Part III. Part IV. Part V.

"This Reader is an essential resource for students and scholars interested in the anthropology of morality. The collection includes classical and more recent material, carefully chosen to provide a critical and historical overview of an important and developing field. The selections are contextualized with lucid editorial material, including a substantial introduction"--Provided by publisher.

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Anthropological ethics.

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