Social action : a teleological account /

Social action : a teleological account /

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Author / Creator:Miller, Seumas.
Imprint:Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Description:1 online resource (xi, 308 pages)
Language:English
Subject:
Social sciences -- Philosophy.
Social action.
Social action.
Social sciences -- Philosophy.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11130074
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ISBN:0511041004
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Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-297) and index.
English.
Print version record.
Summary:Social action is central to social thought. Avoiding both the excessively atomistic individualism of rational choice theorists and implausible collectivist assumptions, this provides philosophical analyses of fundamental categories of human social action, including cooperative action, conventional action, social norm governed action, and the actions of the occupants of organizational roles.
Other form:Print version: Miller, Seumas. Social action. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001 052178316X 0521788862
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Theories of social action
  • 2. Joint action
  • 3. Conventions
  • 4. Social norms
  • 5. Organizations, agency and action
  • 6. Social institutions and social groups
  • 7. Collective rights
  • 8. Collective responsibility

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