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Moral Sentiments in Modern Society : A New Answer to Classical Questions / ed. by Gabriël van den Brink.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2016]Copyright date: ©2015Description: 1 online resource (492 p.) : 10 halftones, 62 line drawingsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9789089647757
  • 9789048525706
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 170 23
LOC classification:
  • BJ1012 .M6352213 2016
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Part 1 -- 1. Research questions and theoretical framework -- 2. An archaeology of altruistic behaviour -- Part 2 -- 3. The Netherlands as a liquid society -- 4. The hardening of the social climate -- Part 3 -- 5. The truly important things in life -- 6. Changes in norms and values -- Part 4 -- 7. The role of ideals in professional life -- 8. Moral imagination at work -- Part 5 -- 9 Signs of moral resilience -- 10. Europe and modern morality -- Part 6 -- 11. An outline of modern morality -- 12 Reinventing civil society -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: Since the time of Adam Smith, scholars have tried to understand the role moral sentiments play in modern life, an issue that became especially urgent during and after the 2008 global financial crisis. Previous explanations have ranged from the idea that modern society is built on moral values to the notion that modernization results in moral decay. The essays in this interdisciplinary volume use the example of Dutch society and a wealth of empirical data to propose a novel theory about the ambivalent relation between contemporary life and human nature. In the process, the contributors argue for the need to reject simplistic explanations and reinvent civil society.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9789048525706

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Part 1 -- 1. Research questions and theoretical framework -- 2. An archaeology of altruistic behaviour -- Part 2 -- 3. The Netherlands as a liquid society -- 4. The hardening of the social climate -- Part 3 -- 5. The truly important things in life -- 6. Changes in norms and values -- Part 4 -- 7. The role of ideals in professional life -- 8. Moral imagination at work -- Part 5 -- 9 Signs of moral resilience -- 10. Europe and modern morality -- Part 6 -- 11. An outline of modern morality -- 12 Reinventing civil society -- Bibliography -- Index

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Since the time of Adam Smith, scholars have tried to understand the role moral sentiments play in modern life, an issue that became especially urgent during and after the 2008 global financial crisis. Previous explanations have ranged from the idea that modern society is built on moral values to the notion that modernization results in moral decay. The essays in this interdisciplinary volume use the example of Dutch society and a wealth of empirical data to propose a novel theory about the ambivalent relation between contemporary life and human nature. In the process, the contributors argue for the need to reject simplistic explanations and reinvent civil society.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Dez 2022)

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