Morality An Anthropological Perspective

Morality: An Anthropological Perspective provides the first account of anthropological approaches to the question of morality. By considering how morality is viewed and enacted in different cultures, and how it is related to key social institutions such as religion, law, gender, sexuality and medical practice, Morality takes a closer look at some of the most central questions of the morality debates of our time.The book is accessibly written and combines theory with practical case studies for student use. Drawing on anthropological, philosophical and general social scientific literature, the book will be useful for both undergraduate students and researchers. Accessibly written, Morality provides a unique and wide-ranging perspective on morality, and will be essential reading for those interested in this important contemporary debate.

Jarrett Zigon is Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology.

Introduction	p. 1
Some Early Works in the Anthropology of Moralities	p. 4
Relativism	p. 9
Outline of Book	p. 19
The Philosophical and Theoretical Foundations of the Anthropological Studies of Morality
The Philosophical and Theoretical Foundations of Social Scientific Studies of Morality - From Plato and Aristotle to Durkheim, Weber, and Foucault	p. 23
Philosophical Theories of Morality	p. 23
The Roots of a Social Scientific Theory of Morality	p. 32
Some Final Words	p. 45
Religion and Law
Religion	p. 49
Witchcraft	p. 49
Moral Consciousness and the Ethics of Self	p. 52
Change, Religion, and Moralities	p. 59
Some Final Words	p. 63
Law	p. 65
State and Law	p. 66
Moral Economies, Inequality, and Property	p. 70
Human Rights	p. 75
Some Final Words	p. 79
Moral Torment in Papua New Guinea	p. 81
Sexuality, Gender, and Health
Gender and Sexuality	p. 87
Gender and Moralities	p. 87
Sexuality	p. 95
Family, Children, and Morality	p. 102
Some Final Words	p. 106
Illness, Health, and Medicine	p. 107
The Morality of Biomedicine	p. 107
HIV/AIDS and Morality	p. 111
Narrative and Medical Encounters	p. 117
Bioethics	p. 121
Some Final Words	p. 125
Morality and Women's Health in Post-Soviet Russia	p. 127
Language, Narrative, and Discourse
Language, Discourse, and Narrative	p. 133
Discourse, Performativity, and Moral Communication	p. 133
Narrative	p. 146
Some Final Words	p. 152
Narratives of Moral Experience in Moscow	p. 155
Closing
Some Closing Words	p. 161
Morality and Ethics	p. 162
References	p. 167
Index	p. 179
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