Norms, Values, and Society is the second Yearbook of the Vienna Circle Institute, which was founded in October 1991. The main part of the book contains original

Those who study value conflicts have resisted rational choice approaches in the social sciences, contending that political conflict over cultural values is best

Social norms are rules that prescribe what people should and should not do given their social surroundings and circumstances. Norms instruct people to keep thei

In our everyday lives we struggle with the notions of why we do what we do and the need to assign values to our actions. Somehow, it seems possible through expe

Contains a collection of essays in the history of anthropological thought. This work has been conceptually reorganized and includes selections by modern theoris