205
Morality and Freedom

Wednesday, 13 July 2016: 09:00-10:30
Location: Hörsaal 18 (Juridicum)
RC16 Sociological Theory (host committee)

Language: English

Durkheim’s idea of morality sees freedom as part of morality. He claims that the moment the moral being develops the individual feels free. Without morality there is no freedom. Freedom is then defined by Durkheim as one aspect of morality loosing its ontological status. On the contrary, Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir believed in the ontological status of freedom and reduced morality to the individual commitment to an emancipatory project.
Assuming the autonomy of the two, I propose to explore the connection between morality and freedom. In particular, I think it is important to answer the following questions: Is it possible to be free without morality? Nietzsche’s idea of a-morality implies freedom without morality Can society exists without morality? Can morality be reduced to the project of individual emancipation, as Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir believed?
Session Organizer:
Mariolina GRAZIOSI, University of Milan, Italy
Posters:
205.1
Freedom and Morality in Indebted Societies
Thomas CAMPBELL, University of Leed, United Kingdom; Mark DAVIS, University of Leed, United Kingdom
205.2
Corruption and Cheating As the Tragedy of Modern Culture
Augusto DE VENANZI, Indiana University -Purdue University Fort Wayne, USA
205.3
The Moral Revival of Communities: Possibilities and Problems. the Communitarian Approach
Daria LUCKA, Jagiellonian University, Institute of Sociology, Poland
205.4
Morality and Freedom in Contemporary Society: Crisis of Values and a New Idea of Freedom
Mariolina GRAZIOSI, Università  Degli Studi di Milano-Statale, Italy
205.5
The Return of “Moral Progress”? a Proposal
Maxim KUPOVYKH, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
205.6
Morality and Individualism - Suggestion Form Durkheim's Theory
Yoshihiko SHIRATORI, Kobe University, Japan
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