Possibility of Norms

The Possibility of Norms examines what defines social norms. Norms are not mere justifications or causal explanations of what we do, but point towards the possibility of divergent states of the world. Möllers's eye-opening analysis develops a new conceptual framework for social norms, from law and religion to the social and political sphere.

List of contents

• Introduction: On Norms - no more, no less


• I Problems


• 1: Good Reasons? Deficits of philosophical conceptions of normativity


• 2: Conceptual baggage of empirical research


• Intermezzo: False pairs of alternatives for describing norms


• II Concepts


• 3: The Possibility of Norms: a conceptual model


• Intermezzo: Does the aesthetics of art fall in the realm of the normative?


• 4: The reality of norms: the operating conditions of the normative


• III Gains


• 5: Meaning and function of social norms


• 6: Perspectives in research

About the author

Christoph Möllers is a professor of public law and jurisprudence at Humboldt University Berlin. He is the author of numerous books, including The Three Branches (OUP 2013) and a forthcoming OUP book on the German Federal Constitutional Court.

Summary

The Possibility of Norms examines what defines social norms. Norms are not mere justifications or causal explanations of what we do, but point towards the possibility of divergent states of the world. Möllers's eye-opening analysis develops a new conceptual framework for social norms, from law and religion to the social and political sphere.

Product details

• Authors: Christoph (Professor of Public Law and Ju Mollers, Christoph Möllers, Mollers Christoph
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.04.2020
• EAN: 9780198827399
• ISBN: 978-0-19-882739-9
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Social Theory, LAW / Jurisprudence, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, Law & society, Law and society, sociology of law, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law