Human beings necessarily understand their social worlds in moral terms, orienting their lives, relationships, and activities around socially-produced notions of

Durkheim's writins on politlcal theory and the nature of government have been among the most neglected of his contributions to modern social science. The editor

Émile Durkheim is one of the founding fathers of sociology and Professional Ethics and Civic Morals is one of his most neglected yet insightful works. Durkheim

This work examines Durkheim's concern with the sociology of morals and demonstrates the importance of this orientation of his social theory, which until now has

In recent years, many disciplines have become interested in the scientific study of morality. However, a conceptual framework for this work is still lacking. In