The moral implications of immorality: the Chinese case for a new anthropology of morality

This essay focuses on the issue of immorality, an issue that has largely been understudied in anthropology. It examines two types of immoral behavior in contemporary Chinese society, drawing on cases widely agreed upon by ordinary people to be morally wrong. Next, it analyzes moral experiences and m...

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Subtitles:Focus on recent work in moral anthropology
Main Author: Yan, Yunxiang 1954- (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley [2014]
In: Journal of religious ethics
Year: 2014, Volume: 42, Issue: 3, Pages: 460-493
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B China / Immorality / Society / Anthropology / Ethics
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
KBM Asia
NCB Personal ethics
NCC Social ethics
ZB Sociology
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