Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Social Discourse and Moral Judgement
    Social Discourse and Moral Judgement
    Social Discourse and Moral Judgement
    Ebook208 pages7 hours

    Social Discourse and Moral Judgement

    By Daniel N. Robinson

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    This edited work presents a unique and authoritative look at morality - its development within the individual, its evolution within society, and its place within the law. The contributors represent some of the foremost authorities in these fields, and the book represents a collection of essays presented at a symposium on social constructivism and morality.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAcademic Press
    Release dateOct 22, 2013
    ISBN9780080885803
    Social Discourse and Moral Judgement

    Read more from Daniel N. Robinson

    Related to Social Discourse and Moral Judgement

    Related ebooks

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      The Prospects of Populism

      Aug 4, 2021

      The term populism has become a pejorative. In the United States, supporters of Donald Trump are often referred to as populists. Those same supporters labeled Bernie Sanders a populist. It is clear that neither use is intended to be a compliment. It i

      15 min read

    • Article

      Varieties of Experience

      Sep 1, 2020

      THERE IS A PUZZLE at the heart of my academic work. I am an anthropologist, and among other things, I study the voices (or auditory hallucinations) of people in different countries who have schizophrenia. Their voices are clearly shaped by local cult

      4 min read

    • Article

      No, You Can’t Feel Sorry for Everyone: The idea of empathy for all ignores the limits of human psychology.

      Apr 14, 2016

      The world seems to be getting more empathetic. Americans donate to charity at record rates. People feel the pain of suffering in geographically distant countries brought to our attention by advances in communications and transportation. Violence, see

      5 min read

    • Article

      No, You Can’t Feel Sorry for Everyone

      Aug 10, 2017

      The world seems to be getting more empathetic. Americans donate to charity at record rates. People feel the pain of suffering in geographically distant countries brought to our attention by advances in communications and transportation. Violence, see

      6 min read

    • Article

      Are You a Naïve Realist?

      Jun 22, 2022

      Are You a Naïve Realist?
      8 min read

    • Article

      Herbert Spencer’s Principle of Equal Freedom: Is It Well Grounded?

      Sep 1, 2020

      During the mid-to late nineteenth century, Herbert Spencer was the most widely read philosopher in the world. A large part of his appeal was owing to his ambition of providing a complete and comprehensive account of human reality based on scientific

      38 min read

    • Article

      Atheism, the Computer Model

      Feb 16, 2017

      In the United States, the nones have it. The nones being people with no organized religion and increasingly no belief in God or a universal spiritual power. They have the momentum, attention, and an expectation that in the future they will become a m

      10 min read

    • Article

      The Impossibility of Populism

      Aug 4, 2021

      Populism can be defined and is generally viewed as a regime where the people rule. What distinguishes populism from democracy is a matter of degree: under populism, the people rule more effectively, with fewer blockages from representative assemblies

      17 min read

    • Article

      The Personality Crisis

      Nov 1, 2018

      The Personality Crisis
      6 min read

    • Article

      Krista Tippett

      Dec 3, 2016

      Krista Tippett
      2 min read

    • Article

      This Essentially Meaningless Conflict

      Sep 22, 2017

      MARILYNNE ROBINSON’S accomplishments are impressive by any standard: she has won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and the National Humanities Medal, among other honors. But perhaps a better measure o

      8 min read

    • Article

      What Is The Grail Message?

      Jan 31, 2020

      THE THREE VOLUMES of In the Light of Truth contain a total of 168 lectures whose contents, building upon one another, give a picture of Creation in entirety. The Author’s all-embracing view is based on well-known natural laws, which reveal the hidden

      2 min read

    • Article

      How To Disagree Well

      Jan 27, 2022

      IT WAS ON CHRISTMAS EVE that I realised I’d been subjected to a social media drive-by shooting. That pinnacle of modern ecclesiastical power, the president of Humanists UK, Professor Alice Roberts had deduced from the headline of an interview I gave

      3 min read

    • Article

      The Right Kind of Motivation Comes From You

      Jun 23, 2017

      What motivates us? Fear and punishment? Or money, fame, and power? One train of thought, called self-determination theory, starts from the idea that all humans have the natural—or intrinsic—tendency to behave in effective and healthful ways. Central

      4 min read

    • Article

      To Rescue Democracy, Go Outside: Real spaces, not digital ones, will fix our politics.

      Oct 13, 2016

      When I see a liberal writer’s description of Donald Trump, or a conservative writer’s views of Hillary Clinton, I am embarrassed for them both. I wouldn’t let a 5-year-old child make such impolite and obviously extreme statements—and yet, today, extr

      6 min read

    • Article

      An Antidote To Despair Over Yet Another Mass Shooting

      Feb 15, 2018

      Progress to prevent large-scale violence in the US can seem slow. Yet any exasperation can be countered with gratitude toward humanity’s progress over many ills.

      2 min read

    • Article

      A Vision for a Shared Future

      Dec 8, 2022

      A Vision for a Shared Future
      4 min read

    • Article

      Dialectical Thinking

      Apr 21, 2020

      Dialectical Thinking
      5 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for Social Discourse and Moral Judgement

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      Social Discourse and Moral Judgement - Daniel N. Robinson

      /ؤ[book_preview_excerpt.html
      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1