Bound by convention : obligations and social rules / David Owens.

This work argues that being bound by a social convention can be valuable for its own sake. People need meaning in their lives, and conventions infuse our acts and attitudes with significance, rendering them right or wrong. Such rules bind us not just in virtue of their usefulness but also because th...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Owens, David (David J.) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2022.
Edition:First edition.
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