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CoverOrdinary ethics: anthropology, language, and action / ed. by M.Lambek. - New York: Fordham University Press, 2010. - xvii, 458 p. - Bibliogr.: p.415-450. - Ind.: p.451-458. - ISBN 978-0-8232-3316-8
 

Оглавление / Contents
 
Acknowledgments ................................................ xi
Contributors ................................................. xiii
Introduction .................................................... 1
   Michael Lambek 

Part One Theoretical frameworks

Toward an Ethics of the Act
   Michael Lambek .............................................. 39
Minds, Surfaces, and Reasons in the Anthropology of Ethics
   Webb Keane .................................................. 64
From the Ethical to the Themitical (and Back): Groundwork for
an Anthropology of Ethics
   James D. Faubion ............................................ 84

Part Two The Ethics of Speaking

Ethics, Language, and Human Sociality
   Alan Rumsey ................................................ 105
The Ordinary Ethics of Everyday Talk
   Jack Sidnell ............................................... 123

Part Three Responsibility and Agency

Agency and Responsibility: Perhaps You Can Have Too Much 
of a Good Thing
   James Laidlaw .............................................. 143
Abu Ghraib and the Problem of Evil
   Steven C. Caton ............................................ 165

Part Four Punishment and Personal Dignity

The Punishment of Ethical Behavior
   Charles Stafford ........................................... 187
Ordinary Ethics and Changing Cosmologies: Exemplification 
from North Australia
   Francesca Merlan ........................................... 207
Philosophical Comments on Charles Stafford and Francesca 
Merlan
   Judith Baker ............................................... 225

Part Five Ethics and Formality

Natural Manners: Etiquette, Ethics, and Sincerity in American
Conduct Manuals
   Shirley Yeung .............................................. 235
"They Did It like a Song": Ethics, Aesthetics, and Tradition
in Hopi Legal Discourse
   Justin B. Richland ......................................... 249

Part Six Ethical Subjects: Character and Practice

People of No Substance: Imposture and the Contingency of
Morality in the Colombian Amazon
   Carlos David Londono Sulkin ................................ 273
Ethics Between Public and Private: Sex Workers' 
Relationships in London
   Sophie Day ................................................. 292
On the Pragmatics of Empathy in the Neurodiversity Movement
   Paul Antze ................................................. 310
Being Sadharana: Talking about the Just Business Person in 
Sri Lanka
   Nireka Weeratunge .......................................... 328

Part Seven Ethical Life: Encounters With History, Religion, and
the Political

Engaging Others: Religious Conviction and Irony in the Holy
Lands
   Donna Young ................................................ 351
Between Queer Ethics and Sexual Morality
   Naisargi N. Dave ........................................... 368
Engaging the Life of the Other: Love and Everyday Life
   Veena Das .................................................. 376
The Ghosts of War and the Ethics of Memory
   Heonik Kwon ................................................ 400

Bibliography .................................................. 415
Index ......................................................... 451

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