A Companion to Moral Anthropology is the first collective consideration of the anthropological dimensions of morals, morality, and ethics. Original essays by international experts explore the various currents, approaches, and issues in this important new discipline, examining topics such as the ethnography of moralities, the study of moral subjectivities, and the exploration of moral economies. Investigates the central legacies of moral anthropology, the formation of moral facts and values, the context of local moralities, and the frontiers between moralities, politics, humanitarianism Features contributions from pioneers in the field of moral anthropology, as well as international experts in related fields such as moral philosophy, moral psychology, evolutionary biology and neuroethics

A Companion to Moral Anthropology is the first collective consideration of the anthropological dimensions of morals, morality, and ethics. Original essays by international experts explore the various currents, approaches, and issues in this important new discipline, examining topics such as the ethnography of moralities, the study of moral subjectivities, and the exploration of moral economies.* Investigates the central legacies of moral anthropology, the formation of moral facts and values, the context of local moralities, and the frontiers between moralities, politics, humanitarianism* Features contributions from pioneers in the field of moral anthropology, as well as international experts in related fields such as moral philosophy, moral psychology, evolutionary biology and neuroethics

Notes on Contributors viiiIntroduction: Toward a Critical Moral Anthropology 1Didier FassinPart I Legacies 191 Durkheim and the Moral Fact 21Bruno Karsenti2 Weber and Practical Ethics 37Isabelle Kalinowski3 E. P. Thompson and Moral Economies 49Marc Edelman4 Foucault and the Genealogy of Ethics 67James D . Faubion5 Relativism and Universalism 85Richard A. Shweder6 Anthropology and Ethics 103Carolyn Fluehr-LobbanPart II Approaches 1157 Cultural Values 117Joel Robbins8 Ordinary Ethics 133Veena Das9 Moral Sentiments 150C . Jason Throop10 Moral Reasoning 169Karen M . Sykes11 Virtue 186Thomas Widlok12 Narratives 204Jarrett ZigonPart III Localities 22113 Ethics and Piety 223Saba Mahmood14 Care and Disregard 242João Biehl15 Mourning 264Everett Yuehong Zhang16 Poverty 283Harri Englund17 Inequality 302Caroline Humphrey18 Sexuality 320Stacy Leigh PiggPart IV Worlds 33919 Religion and Morality 341Michael Lambek20 Charity 359Jonathan Benthall21 Medicine 376Adriana Petryna22 Science 395Michael M . J . Fischer23 Finance 413Karen Ho24 Law 432Carol J. GreenhousePart V Politics 44925 Humanitarianism 451Peter Redfield26 Human Rights 468Mark Goodale27 War 482Catherine Lutz and Kathleen Millar28 Violence 500Alexander Hinton29 Punishment 519Roger Lancaster30 Borders 540Josiah M. Heyman and John SymonsPart VI Dialogues 55931 Moral Philosophy 561Kwame Anthony Appiah32 Moral Psychology 578James Dungan and Liane Young33 Neuroethics 595Massimo Reichlin34 Evolutionary and Cognitive Anthropology 611Nicolas Baumard and Dan SperberIndex of Names 628Subject Index 641