The Normative Animal? (eBook)

Foreword Part I: Introductory 1. Might We Be Essentially Normative Animals? Neil Roughley 2. On Social, Moral and Linguistic Norms. The Contributions to This Volume Neil Roughley and Kurt Bayertz Part II: Social Norms 3. There Ought to be Roots. Evolutionary Precursors of Social Norms and Conventions in Non-Human Primates Peter Kappeler, Claudia Fichtel and Carel van Schaik 4. On the Human Addiction to Norms. Social Norms and Cultural Universals of Normativity Christoph Antweiler 5. On the Identification and Analysis of Social Norms and the Heuristic Relevance of Deviant Behaviour Karl Mertens 6. On the Uniqueness of Human Normative Attitudes Marco F.H. Schmidt and Hannes Rakoczy Part III: Moral Norms 7. The Evolution of Human Normativity: The Role of Prosociality and Reputation Management Carel van Schaik and Judith Burkart 8. The Form of Morality: Its Importance and Emergence Kurt Bayertz 9. Joint Activities and Moral Obligation Holmer Steinfath 10. The Development of Moral and Social Norms, Coordination in Decision-Making, and the Implications of Social Opposition Elliot Turiel and Audun Dahl 11. Moral Obligation from the Outside In Neil Roughley Part IV: Linguistic Norms? 12. Language Evolution and Linguistic Norms Nikola Kompa 13. The Normative Nature of Language Nick J. Enfield, Jack Sidnell 14. Can there be Linguistic Norms? Anne Reboul 15. The Normativity of Meaning Revisited Hanjo Glock Part V: Afterword 16. Normative Guidance, Deontic Statuses and the Normative Animal Thesis Neil Roughley References