Morality and Socially Constructed Norms

Every day we face rules of behaviour imposed upon us by norms that happen to be generally accepted in our environment. Laura Valentini illuminates this aspect of our lives by offering an account of when we are morally bound by socially constructed norms and when we should instead disregard them.

List of contents

• Introduction


• 1: What Are Socially Constructed Norms?


• 2: Grounding the Moral Force of Socially Constructed norms


• 3: The Agency-Respect View


• 4: Grounding Moral rights


• 5: Grounding Political Obligation


• 6: Explaining the Wrong of Sovereignty Violations


• Conclusion


• Bibliography

About the author

Laura Valentini is Professor of Philosophy and Political Theory at LMU Munich. Prior to coming to Munich, she held faculty positions at UCL, LSE, and KCL, postdoctoral positions at Princeton and Oxford, and visiting positions at ANU, SCAS, Uppsala University, Harvard University, and the University of Frankfurt. Her work is situated in contemporary political, social, and legal philosophy. Her first book, Justice in a Globalized World: A Normative Framework, was published by Oxford University Press in 2011. In 2015, she was awarded a Philip Leverhulme Prize.

Summary

Every day we face rules of behaviour imposed upon us by norms that happen to be generally accepted in our environment. Laura Valentini illuminates this aspect of our lives by offering an account of when we are morally bound by socially constructed norms and when we should instead disregard them.

Additional text

This exceptionally careful and well-written book is an outstanding example of analytical political philosophy.

Product details

• Authors: Valentini , Laura Valentini, Laura (Professor of Philosophy and Poli Valentini, Prof Laura (Professor of Philosophy and Valentini, Valentini Laura
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.10.2023
• EAN: 9780192845795
• ISBN: 978-0-19-284579-5
• No. of pages: 248
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, Social & political philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Ethics and moral philosophy