Emile Durkheim: Ethics and the Sociology of Morals

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This work examines Durkheim's concern with the sociology of morals and demonstrates the importance of this orientation of his social theory, which until now has been vastly underrated. In addition, it emphasizes the problematic relationship between sociology and philosophical ethics, which served as a motivating force in Durkheim's thought.

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This work analyses the work of Emile Durkheim from the perspective of the sociology of morals--a perspective he himself proposed as a separate field of study in sociology and to which he devoted his life's work. The last part of the book offers an analysis of Durkheim's ethical theory and his proposals for a closer working relationship between sociology (the sociology of morals) and philosophical ethics.-Bibliography of Philosophy
"This work analyses the work of Emile Durkheim from the perspective of the sociology of morals--a perspective he himself proposed as a separate field of study in sociology and to which he devoted his life's work. The last part of the book offers an analysis of Durkheim's ethical theory and his proposals for a closer working relationship between sociology (the sociology of morals) and philosophical ethics."-Bibliography of Philosophy

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ROBERT T. HALL is Executive Director of Common Cause/West Virginia, and teaches philosophy and sociology at the University of Charleston and the West Virginia College of Graduate Studies.