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020			_a9780511734779 (ebook)
020			_z9781107001145 (hardback)
020			_z9780521171649 (paperback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP _dBD-SySUS.
050	0	0	_aHM681 _b.S29 2011
082	0	0	_a303.3/7201 _222
100	1		_aSayer, Andrew, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aWhy Things Matter to People : _bSocial Science, Values and Ethical Life / _cAndrew Sayer.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2011.
300			_a1 online resource (296 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aAndrew Sayer undertakes a fundamental critique of social science's difficulties in acknowledging that people's relation to the world is one of concern. As sentient beings, capable of flourishing and suffering, and particularly vulnerable to how others treat us, our view of the world is substantially evaluative. Yet modernist ways of thinking encourage the common but extraordinary belief that values are beyond reason, and merely subjective or matters of convention, with little or nothing to do with the kind of beings people are, the quality of their social relations, their material circumstances or well-being. The author shows how social theory and philosophy need to change to reflect the complexity of everyday ethical concerns and the importance people attach to dignity. He argues for a robustly critical social science that explains and evaluates social life from the standpoint of human flourishing.
650		0	_aSocial values
650		0	_aSocial norms
650		0	_aValues
650		0	_aNormativity (Ethics)
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107001145
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511734779
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c38177 _d38177