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SUMMARY:Ethics and Social Theory: The Work of Andrew Sayer
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LOCATION:Newport\, United Kingdom
DESCRIPTION:Time: 09:45-16:45
Andrew Sayer's work \;in critical social science \;has ranged across political economy\, social theory and ethics \;-- combining insights from each\, and shedding light across them in rare and valuable ways. \; \;His \;most recent books \;The Moral Significance of Class \;(Cambridge\, 2005) \;and \;Why Things Matter to People: Social Science\, Values and Ethical Life \;(Cambridge\, 2011) have \;developed \;a distinctive position\, critical of \;both modernist and postmodernist \; \;orthodoxies\, \;and of \;the tendency \;among social scientists to neglect or deny the importance of \;normativity in social relations. \; As an alternative\, Sayer \;offers \;a \;qualified ethical naturalism\, combined with a realistsocial theory. \; \;It is a position which \;draws fruitfully on \;diverse \;theoretical resources \;-- Adam Smith\, \;Pierre Bourdieu\, \;the \;'capabilities' \;approach -- while staking out distinctive ground of its own.
This seminar will explore this \;recent \;work from a series of critical angles\, and include a response from Andrew Sayer \;himself. \; It will \;be of interest to sociologists\, social \;theorists \;and those with an interest in how moral philosophy relates both \;to \;wider questions \;of social \;understanding and critique\, and to \;everyday lived experience.
Speakers:
Dave Elder-Vass (Loughborough) 'The moral economy of digital gifts'
Carol Smart (Manchester) 'Talking about what matters: the view from empirical research'
Gideon Calder (Newport) 'Lay normativity\, critique and the institutions of ethics'
Ted Benton (Essex) 'Norms\, naturalism and social explanation'
Gregor McLennan (Bristol) Summation
Andrew Sayer (Lancaster) Response
Fee (registration and food) \;| \;£\;30
Places are limited. \; Formal booking will open in \;mid-January\, but \;places may be reserved before then.
Further details| \;Gideon Calder: gideon.calder@newport.ac.uk\n
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