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| Customs/Morality: Customs are the shared practices and traditions of a group of people. They are often passed down from generation to generation and can vary widely from culture to culture. Morality is the set of principles that guide people's behavior and attitudes. It is based on what people believe to be right and wrong. Morality can be influenced by factors such as religion, culture, and personal experiences._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Max Weber on Customs/Morality - Dictionary of Arguments
Habermas III 265 Customs/Custom/Weber/Habermas: Max Weber calls a custom an "accustoming to the settled-in action", which is so "dull" that... Habermas III 266 ...the normative internal structure of habit has shrunk away and the sheer habitualization, unconsciously functioning observance of rules remains. >Obedience, >Conventions, >Norms. An instrumental order based on interests, on the other hand, is based solely on the "procedural rational considerations of advantages and disadvantages" of strategically acting subjects, whereby their complementary expectations stabilize each other. >Interest, >Instrumental reason, >Order. An order that "rested only on such foundations" - such as repression, custom or interests - "would be relatively unstable."(1) >Coercion. 1. M. Weber Methodologische Schriften, Hrsg. v. J. Winckelmann, Frankfurt 1968._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Weber I M. Weber The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism - engl. trnsl. 1930 German Edition: Die protestantische Ethik und der Geist des Kapitalismus München 2013 Ha I J. Habermas Der philosophische Diskurs der Moderne Frankfurt 1988 Ha III Jürgen Habermas Theorie des kommunikativen Handelns Bd. I Frankfurt/M. 1981 Ha IV Jürgen Habermas Theorie des kommunikativen Handelns Bd. II Frankfurt/M. 1981 |
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