Emerging Moral Vocabularies: The Creation and Establishment of New Forms of Moral and Ethical Meanings

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Lexington Books, 2006 - 241 pages
A central observation of the social sciences has been that the modern age is one of constant change. This change has resulted in the emergence of new moral and ethical claims and understandings, which author Brian M. Lowe refers to as "moral vocabularies." Lowe skillfully seeks to explain conditions under which certain moral vocabularies are more likely to gain acceptance in the wider host society. By focusing on the animal rights and tobacco control movements, this absorbing work explores the process of moralization and the fragmentary nature of the emergence of new forms of moral and ethical meanings within the wider host society. Emerging Moral Vocabularies challenges the broad assertion that Western post-industrial societies are inevitably becoming more individualistic and self-centered, and instead encourages scholars to examine emerging forms of moral and ethical meanings, which create new moral boundaries. Book jacket.
 

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Memes Metaphors and Moral Vocabularies Competing Explanations of Moralistic Discourse
1
Overview of Moral Vocabularies
21
The Creation and Formation of Moral Vocabularies Resources and Moral Vocabularies
43
The Animal Rights Movement Historical and Contemporary Incarnations
63
Animal Rights as a Quasi Religion
89
History in Smoke The Historical Emergence of the Enemies of Smoking
117
On the Front Enemies of Tobacco
147
Piercing the Veil Undermining Legitimacy and Status Politics
179
Conclusion
203
Bibliography
219
Index
227
About the Author
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Brian M. Lowe is Assistant Professor of Sociology at SUNY College at Oneonta.

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