Salvador GINER, 2012, El Origen de la moral. Ética y valores en la sociedad actual, Barcelona, Ediciones Península, 419 p.

In this ambitious essay, Salvador Giner displays his elegant and suggestive prose, as well as his magnificent cultural background, keeping the reader captured until the last page.Giner defends that moral principles which rule over human societies have a social origin, that is, they arise through hi...

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Main Author: Tena-Sánchez, Jordi
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Published: Revue européenne des sciences sociales 2014
Online Access:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Summary:In this ambitious essay, Salvador Giner displays his elegant and suggestive prose, as well as his magnificent cultural background, keeping the reader captured until the last page.Giner defends that moral principles which rule over human societies have a social origin, that is, they arise through historical and social processes. This fact would entail that sociology must play a key role in the reflection on ethical and moral problems. However, an important part of contemporary sociology would...