Why things matter to people (Record no. 196292)
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| control field | ebr10452867 |
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| control field | CaPaEBR |
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| fixed length control field | 100914s2011 enk sb 001 0 eng d |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| Canceled/invalid LC control number | 2010038774 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| Canceled/invalid ISBN | 9781107001145 (hbk.) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| Canceled/invalid ISBN | 9780521171649 (pbk.) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| Canceled/invalid ISBN | 9781139011181 (e-book) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | CaPaEBR |
| Transcribing agency | CaPaEBR |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER | |
| System control number | (OCoLC)707078808 |
| 050 14 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | HM681 |
| Item number | .S29 2011eb |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 303.3/7201 |
| Edition number | 22 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Sayer, R. Andrew. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Why things matter to people |
| Medium | [electronic resource] : |
| Remainder of title | social science, values and ethical life / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Andrew Sayer. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Cambridge ; |
| -- | New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Cambridge University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2011. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | ix, 284 p. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc. note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 8# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Machine generated contents note: Preface and acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: a relation to the world of concern; 2. Values within reason; 3. Reason beyond rationality: values and practical reason; 4. Beings for whom things matter; 5. Understanding the ethical dimension of life; 6. Dignity; 7. Critical social science and its rationales; 8. Implications for social science; Appendix: comments on philosophical theories of ethics; Bibliography; Index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "Andrew 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"-- |
| Assigning source | Provided by publisher. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "This book is about social science's difficulties in acknowledging that people's relation to the world is one of concern. When we ask a friend how they are, they might reply in any number of ways, for example: 'I'm OK, thanks: my daughter's enjoying school, things are good at home and we've just had a great holiday.' 'Not so good: the boss is always in a bad mood and I'm worried about losing my job.' 'OK myself but I'm really appalled by what's been happening in the war.''I'm a bit depressed: I don't know where my life is going.' Such responses indicate that things matter to people, and make a difference to 'how they are'. Their lives can go well or badly, and their sense of well-being depends at least in part on how these other things that they care about - significant others, practices, objects, political causes - are faring, and on how others are treating them"-- |
| Assigning source | Provided by publisher. |
| 533 ## - REPRODUCTION NOTE | |
| Type of reproduction | Electronic reproduction. |
| Place of reproduction | Palo Alto, Calif. : |
| Agency responsible for reproduction | ebrary, |
| Date of reproduction | 2011. |
| Note about reproduction | Available via World Wide Web. |
| -- | Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Social values. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Social norms. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Values. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Normativity (Ethics) |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Social sciences |
| General subdivision | Moral and ethical aspects. |
| 655 #7 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM | |
| Genre/form data or focus term | Electronic books. |
| Source of term | local |
| 710 2# - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | ebrary, Inc. |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10452867">http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10452867</a> |
| Public note | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
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