Institutions in Action: The Nature and the Role of Institutions in the Real World
In: Studies in the Philosophy of Sociality Ser.
In: Studies in the philosophy of sociality
Intro -- The Importance of Institutions in Social Reality -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Social Corporations as Social Institutions -- 1.1 Summary: Social Corporations Function as Extended Social Institutions. -- References -- Chapter 2: Institutions and Functions -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 A (Very Short) Theory of Institutions -- 2.3 Institutions and Functions -- 2.4 Tokens, Types, and Clusters of Functions -- 2.5 Institutional Change and Reform -- References -- Chapter 3: Epistemic Virtues of Institutions -- 3.1 Institution as a Collective Entity -- 3.2 Institution: From a Collective Entity to Collective Agents -- 3.3 Collective Epistemology Meets Virtue Epistemology -- 3.4 The Epistemic Virtue of Institutions -- References -- Chapter 4: What Is an Act of Engagement? Between the Social, Collegial and Institutional Protocols -- References -- Chapter 5: Play It by Trust: Social Trust, Political Institutions and Leisure -- 5.1 Trust, Institutions and Social Inclusion -- 5.2 Trust and Social Trust -- 5.3 Institutional Arrangements and Social Trust -- 5.4 Institutions, Leisure and Social Inclusion -- 5.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6: Individual Morality and the Morality of Institutions -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Diverse Understandings of Morality (A Slight Digression) -- 6.3 A Preliminary Question About the Morality of Institutions and its Relation to Individual Morality -- 6.4 Justice and Duties to Comply with Institutions -- 6.5 Unjust Institutions -- 6.6 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7: States and Transgenerational Actions -- 7.1 Basic Transgenerationality -- 7.2 Secondary Transgenerationality -- 7.3 States -- 7.3.1 Ontology of the State -- 7.3.1.1 How States Can Preserve Themselves over Time: Matters of Fact -- 7.3.1.2 How States Can Preserve Themselves Over Time: Matters of Law -- Collective Actions: A Taxonomy -- References.