A Social Ontology

by David Weissman

Book Overview

Moral and social philosophers often assume that humans beings are and ought to be autonomous. This tradition of individualism, or atomism, underlies many of our assumptions about ethics and law; it provides a legitimating framework for liberal democracy and free market capitalism. In this powerful book, David Weissman argues against atomistic ontologies, affirming instead that all of reality is social. Every particular is a system created by the reciprocal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300206488
• ISBN13: 9780300206487
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"