The Normativity of Institutions

The Normativity of Institutions

Some philosophers have claimed that normativity is an essential feature of social institutions, and have identified the source of normativity in collective intentionality. In this paper I argue that (1) normativity is not essential for social institutions; (2) normativity has many sources and it is...

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Autor principal: Francesco Guala
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Publicado: Rosenberg & Sellier 2016
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institutions
norms
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Ethics
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:14c6f4861f6a4dd5ba5e0431f9fff1412021-12-02T12:05:59ZThe Normativity of Institutions10.13128/Phe_Mi-181572280-78532239-4028https://doaj.org/article/14c6f4861f6a4dd5ba5e0431f9fff1412016-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/pam/article/view/7219https://doaj.org/toc/2280-7853https://doaj.org/toc/2239-4028 Some philosophers have claimed that normativity is an essential feature of social institutions, and have identified the source of normativity in collective intentionality. In this paper I argue that (1) normativity is not essential for social institutions; (2) normativity has many sources and it is unlikely that a single theory is able to account for them all; (3) a powerful conception of institutions – the “rules in equilibrium” account – provides an adequate framework to represent the effects of normativity and to explain its social function; (4) it is a mistake to ask a theory of institutions to do more than that. While normativity is an important element of institutions, we should not build our social ontology on a single, specific conception of normativity. Francesco GualaRosenberg & SellierarticleinstitutionsnormsAestheticsBH1-301EthicsBJ1-1725ENFRITPhenomenology and Mind, Iss 9 (2016)
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language EN
FR
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topic institutions
norms
Aesthetics
BH1-301
Ethics
BJ1-1725
spellingShingle institutions
norms
Aesthetics
BH1-301
Ethics
BJ1-1725
Francesco Guala
The Normativity of Institutions
description Some philosophers have claimed that normativity is an essential feature of social institutions, and have identified the source of normativity in collective intentionality. In this paper I argue that (1) normativity is not essential for social institutions; (2) normativity has many sources and it is unlikely that a single theory is able to account for them all; (3) a powerful conception of institutions – the “rules in equilibrium” account – provides an adequate framework to represent the effects of normativity and to explain its social function; (4) it is a mistake to ask a theory of institutions to do more than that. While normativity is an important element of institutions, we should not build our social ontology on a single, specific conception of normativity.
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