ABSTRACT

Questions of public and private morality, values and choices have become important areas of collective discussion.  A key feature of this book is that it takes an ethnographic rather than a philosophical or speculative approach to moral debates. This study examines the contemporary explosion of ethical discourse in the public domain and the growing importance of moral rhetoric as an aspect of social relations.

chapter |10 pages

MORAL CULTURES?

chapter |7 pages

DEBATING RIGHTS AND VIOLENCE

part |2 pages

PART 1 MORAL EXCHANGE: SOCIALISING NEW KINDS OF KNOWLEDGE

chapter |1 pages

Figure 1 Technological field

chapter |1 pages

DIFFERENCE, TEARS AND AMBITIONS

chapter |4 pages

DISTRESS FELT

part |2 pages

PART 2 MORAL BOUNDARIES: CREATING DIFFERENCE THROUGH ETHICAL CLAIMS

chapter |9 pages

RISK AND SOCIAL SCIENCE

chapter |2 pages

BIBLIOGRAPHY

chapter |11 pages

BREAD AND THE HOUSEHOLD

chapter |5 pages

THE PARADOX OF FREEDOM AND DEPENDENCE