The Moral Order: An Introduction to the Human Situation

By Raoul Naroll

Book Overview

A distinguished cross-cultural researcher presents a brave, heartfelt and exciting challenge to the social sciences: the creation of an international, moral order. He advocates the use of cross-cultural research to uncover a common core of values and morality. This research would then be used to ameliorate problems and guide policy in the light of those values. He shows his procedures at work in the study of ten major social and personal ills, such as mental illness, divorce, sex roles, and child abuse. His research leads him inexorably to the concept of the moralnet -- the social group that provides values and support. When these are disrupted, problems are aggravated or even created. 'The work of Naroll fits in well with

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803919174
• ISBN13: 9780803919174
• Release Date: March 1983
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Length: 475 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.