{"product_id":"the-moral-foundations-of-social-seumas-miller-9780521767941","title":"The Moral Foundations of Social Institutions","description":"In this book, Seumas Miller examines the moral foundations of contemporary social institutions. Offering an original general theory of social institutions, he posits that all social institutions exist to realize various collective ends, indeed, to produce collective goods. He analyses key concepts such as collective responsibility and institutional corruption. Miller also provides distinctive special theories of particular institutions, including governments, welfare agencies, universities, police organizations, business corporations, and communications and information technology entities. These theories are philosophical and, thus, foundational and synoptic in character. They are normative accounts of a sampling of contemporary social institutions, not descriptive accounts of all social institutions, both past and present. Miller also addresses various ethical challenges confronting contemporary institutional designers and policymakers, including the renovation of the international financial system, the \"dumbing down\" of the media, the challenge of world poverty, and human rights infringements by security agencies combating global terrorism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Seumas Miller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0521767946\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780521767941\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/28\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 382\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.10w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2010","brand":"Seumas Miller","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48174878228735,"sku":"9780521767941","price":76.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5081583e-daf9-4c9a-96c0-81012bb91fd6.jpg?v=1771331114","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-moral-foundations-of-social-seumas-miller-9780521767941","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}