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Social Action: A Teleological Account

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Social Action: A Teleological Account
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Seumas Miller
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:322
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
Category/GenreSocial and political philosophy
ISBN/Barcode 9780521788861
ClassificationsDewey:128.4
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 26 November 2001
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Social action is central to social thought. This centrality reflects the overwhelming causal significance of action for social life, the centrality of action to any account of social phenomena, and the fact that conventions and normativity are features of human activity. This book provides philosophical analyses of fundamental categories of human social action, including cooperative action, conventional action, social norm governed action, and the actions of the occupants of organizational roles. A distinctive feature of the book is that it applies these theories of social action categories to some important moral issues that arise in social contexts such as the collective responsibility for environmental pollution, humanitarian intervention, and dealing with the rights of minority groups. Avoiding both the excessively atomistic individualism of rational choice theorists and implausible collectivist assumptions, this important book will be widely read by philosophers of the social sciences, political scientists and sociologists.