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A Companion to Moral Anthropology is the first collective consideration of the anthropological dimensions of morals, morality, and ethics. Original essays by international experts explore the various currents, approaches, and issues in this important new discipline, examining topics such as the ethnography of moralities, the study of moral subjectivities, and the exploration of moral economies.
* Investigates the central legacies of moral anthropology, the formation of moral facts and values, the context of local moralities, and the frontiers between moralities, politics, humanitarianism
* Features contributions from pioneers in the field of moral anthropology, as well as international experts in related fields such as moral philosophy, moral psychology, evolutionary biology and neuroethics
List of contents
Notes on Contributors viii
Introduction: Toward a Critical Moral Anthropology 1
Didier Fassin
Part I Legacies 19
1 Durkheim and the Moral Fact 21
Bruno Karsenti
2 Weber and Practical Ethics 37
Isabelle Kalinowski
3 E. P. Thompson and Moral Economies 49
Marc Edelman
4 Foucault and the Genealogy of Ethics 67
James D . Faubion
5 Relativism and Universalism 85
Richard A. Shweder
6 Anthropology and Ethics 103
Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban
Part II Approaches 115
7 Cultural Values 117
Joel Robbins
8 Ordinary Ethics 133
Veena Das
9 Moral Sentiments 150
C . Jason Throop
10 Moral Reasoning 169
Karen M . Sykes
11 Virtue 186
Thomas Widlok
12 Narratives 204
Jarrett Zigon
Part III Localities 221
13 Ethics and Piety 223
Saba Mahmood
14 Care and Disregard 242
João Biehl
15 Mourning 264
Everett Yuehong Zhang
16 Poverty 283
Harri Englund
17 Inequality 302
Caroline Humphrey
18 Sexuality 320
Stacy Leigh Pigg
Part IV Worlds 339
19 Religion and Morality 341
Michael Lambek
20 Charity 359
Jonathan Benthall
21 Medicine 376
Adriana Petryna
22 Science 395
Michael M . J . Fischer
23 Finance 413
Karen Ho
24 Law 432
Carol J. Greenhouse
Part V Politics 449
25 Humanitarianism 451
Peter Redfield
26 Human Rights 468
Mark Goodale
27 War 482
Catherine Lutz and Kathleen Millar
28 Violence 500
Alexander Hinton
29 Punishment 519
Roger Lancaster
30 Borders 540
Josiah M. Heyman and John Symons
Part VI Dialogues 559
31 Moral Philosophy 561
Kwame Anthony Appiah
32 Moral Psychology 578
James Dungan and Liane Young
33 Neuroethics 595
Massimo Reichlin
34 Evolutionary and Cognitive Anthropology 611
Nicolas Baumard and Dan Sperber
Index of Names 628
Subject Index 641
About the author
Didier Fassin is the James D. Wolfensohn Professor of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University.
Summary
A Companion to Moral Anthropology features a collection of readings from international experts that explore the various currents, approaches, and issues in the emerging field of moral anthropology. This companion includes coverage of morality and ethics, moral philosophy, moral psychology, evolutionary biology, neuroethics, and bioethics.
