{"product_id":"morality-and-socially-constructed-norms-hardcover","title":"Morality and Socially Constructed Norms - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLaura Valentini\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eObserve social distancing. Tip your waiter. Give priority to the elderly. Stop at the red light. Pay your taxes. Do not chew with your mouth open. These are imperatives we face every day, imposed upon us by norms that happen to be generally accepted in our environment. Call these 'socially constructed norms'. A constant presence in our lives, these norms elicit mixed feelings. On the one hand, we treat them as valid standards of behaviour and respond to their violation with emotions such disapproval, resentment, and guilt. On the other hand, we look at them with suspicion: after all, they are arbitrary human constructs that may contribute to oppression and injustice. In light of this ambivalence, it is important to have a criterion telling us when, if ever, we are morally bound by socially constructed norms and when we should instead disregard them. \u003cem\u003eMorality and Socially Constructed Norms\u003c\/em\u003e systematically develops such a criterion. It traces the moral significance of those norms to the agential commitments that underpin them, and explains why those commitments ought to be respected, provided the content of the corresponding norms is consistent with independent moral constraints. The book then explores the implications of this view for three core questions in moral, legal, and political philosophy: the grounding of moral rights, the obligation to obey the law, and the wrong of sovereignty violations. \u003cem\u003eMorality and Socially Constructed Norms\u003c\/em\u003e shows how much progress can be made in normative theorizing when we give socially constructed norms their (moral) due.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaura Valentini, \u003cem\u003eProfessor of Philosophy and Political Theory, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit舩 M?chen\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLaura 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, \u003cem\u003eJustice in a Globalized World: A Normative Framework\u003c\/em\u003e, was published by Oxford University Press in 2011. In 2015, she was awarded a Philip Leverhulme Prize.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9 x 6.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 10, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47405753270450,"sku":"9780192845795","price":70.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/29baffa23242ca4b0f05414027eac30e.webp?v=1778191633","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/morality-and-socially-constructed-norms-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}