Maria Ossowska
Moral Philosopher or Sociologist of Morals
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2404560 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marcin T Zdrenka (0000-0002-7415-8156, Nicolaus Copernicus University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 311-331 |
| Publication date | 2006-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Classical Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1468-795X • E-ISSN: 1741-2897 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1468795x06069681 |
| OpenAlex | W2063486438 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 13 |
Maria Ossowska (1896-1974) was focused on the problem of a sociology of morality. At the time she was writing, a sociology of morals was not generally considered proper subject matter for moral philosophers. Yet ethics was already showing its weakness and calling out for a new reformulation. Maria Ossowska formulated a new project for moral philosophy involving a sociological perspective which not only understood 'morality' as a social phenomenon which could be researched with sociological methods, but which also understood itself as remaining inextricably related to philosophical reflection. She divided her new 'moral science' into three parts: (1) an analysis of moral evaluations and norms; (2) a psychology of morality; and (3) a sociology of morality. In developing this program, Ossowska worked upon various themes or areas, including the moral thought of the British Enlightenment, the chivalrous ethos and bourgeois morality. She introduced and newly reformulated the term 'ethos', intending it both as a term of sociology and as related to normative ethics, which is part of moral philosophy. Ossowska%'s most general achievement was to widen awareness in both philosophy and sociology of a new necessary complexity and depth to any moral studies
Bourgeoisie · Epistemology · Ethos · Moral disengagement · Moral psychology · Morality · Normative · Normative ethics · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Language and Culture · Law · Philosophy · Polish Historical and Cultural Studies · Polish-Jewish Holocaust Memory Studies
From the Viewpoint of the Lvov-Warsaw School
Whose Justice? Which Rationality?
After Virtue
Der Bourgeois. Zur Geistesgeschichte des modernen Wirtschaftsmenschen.
Whose Justice? Which Rationality?
Ideology and Class Consciousness in the Middle Class
Modern Moral Philosophy
Moral Norms
Logic and Philosophy in the Lvov—Warsaw School
Sources of the self
After virtue
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,18 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2020 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |