Consumption Norms and Everyday Ethics [electronic resource] /
Pellandini-Simányi, Léna.author.
How much is acceptable to consume? What is appropriate to consume and which goods fall into the disapproved category? Answers to these questions vary widely across time and space. This book examines the sources of this variation by providing an account of how everyday consumption norms develop, why they differ and why they change.
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; Varieties of consumption norms; Moralizing consumption; Consumption moving to center stage; Why everyday consumption norms have been ignored; Acknowledging the normative concerns of everyday consumption; Chapter outline; 2 Understanding Consumption Norms; What are consumption norms?; What are consumption norms about?; Consumption norms and cosmologies; 3 Explaining Consumption Norms; Consumption norms as cultural resources; Supply-side explanations; The demand side of consumption norms; Conclusion; 4 Consumption Norms as Practical Ethics
Practical ethicsSubjects developed through objects; Practical cultural repertoires; How objects get their ethics; Engaging practical ethics; 5 How Consumption Norms Change; Changes over the life-course; Changes over generations; How consumption norms change; 6 Ethical Consumerism and Everyday Ethics; The ethics of ethical consumerism; Ethical consumption and ordinary ethics; Engaging ethical consumerism; 7 Private Virtues, Public Vices; What is wrong with private choice?; What is wrong with a single normative principle?; A qualified liberal approach; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
How much is acceptable to consume? What is appropriate to consume and which goods fall into the disapproved category? Answers to these questions vary widely across time and space. This book examines the sources of this variation by providing an account of how everyday consumption norms develop, why they differ and why they change.
Political science
Social sciences-Philosophy.
Social policy.
Civilization-History.
Political Philosophy.
Social Philosophy.
Social Policy.
Sociology of Culture.
Cultural History.
Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology.