The Eclipse of Morality: Science, State, and Market (Sociological Imagination and Structural Change)

The Eclipse of Morality: Science, State, and Market (Sociological Imagination and Structural Change) image
ISBN-10:

0202306224

ISBN-13:

9780202306223

Author(s): Busch, Lawrence
Edition: 1
Released: Mar 15, 2000
Publisher: de Gruyter
Format: Perfect Paperback, 227 pages
to view more data

Description:

Using the works of Bacon, Hobbes, and Adam Smith as well as historical examples drawn from the last two centuries, Busch shows how the ideas initially proposed by these thinkers became reified as scientism, statism, and marketism— systems of belief that a single mode of ordering could solve the riddle of society, and thereby supplant moral responsibility.

Busch contrasts this approach with concrete examples of successful attempts to extend democracy into these areas—to create multiple orderings— so that moral responsibility is neither crushingly heavy on individuals nor unbearably light on society.












We're an Amazon Associate. We earn from qualifying purchases at Amazon and all stores listed here.