Durkheim's Professional Ethics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2513439 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Theodore M Steeman (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1963 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 163 |
| Publication date | 1963-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8294 • E-ISSN: 1468-5906 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1385067 |
| OpenAlex | W2334236080 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
Contrary to what at first sight, especially to the English reader, the title of these lectures might suggest, Durkheim's Professional Ethics' is not concerned with the special ethical problems of the professions. Durkheim uses the term in a sense much larger than what is customary in ordinary English usage; arid thus the term covers all the occupations in modern differentiated society. It appears, in fact, that his central concern is those occupations which are specifically not professional in the common English sense of the word, viz., business and industry; and even then we read relatively little about the special ethical problems of these groups as such e.g., about commercial ethics. Durkheim's problem lies on a more general level: the social problem
Political science · Professional ethics · Sociology · Emile Durkheim and Sociology · Law · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.19 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2000 - 2022 (23) |
| Highly cited | No |