Social Action: A Teleological Account

by Seumas Miller

Book Overview

Social action is central to social thought. This book 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. These theories of social action categories are then applied to issues such as environmental pollution, humanitarian intervention and rights of minority groups. Avoiding both the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521788862
• ISBN13: 9780521788861
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"