The Ethos Problem in the Present Pluralistic Society
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9256764 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Goetz A Briefs (Georgetown University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1957 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 47-75 |
| Publication date | 1957-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Review of Social Economy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-6764 • E-ISSN: 1470-1162 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00346765700000004 |
| OpenAlex | W2093223286 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 3 |
they are to be inviolable, presuppose the communitarian virtues of solidarity and truthfulness. The pacta sunt servanda ? the basis of societal forms ? cannot infer from a prior contract that contracts must be kept; this would imply a regressus infinitus. Hence, if and when the basic community spirit and forms wither, the societal forms, too, will lose their vitality. Thirdly, human society exists in contingency; consequently it is sub? ject to change. Change may be gradual and slow; or it may be radical and continuous; hence the distinction between (relatively) static and dynamic periods. In dynamic eras the dominant ethics and ethos pat? terns enter a stage of flux. Rationalist intervals in the evolution of civilizations expose the traditional standards of ethics and ethos to
Contingency · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Ethos · Law and economics · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Solidarity · Theology · Vitality · Economic Theory and Institutions · Law · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,07 |
| Citation span | 1972 - 2025 (54) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |