Ebook: Professional Ethics and Civic Morals

Cover; Professional Ethicsand Civic Morals; Copyright; Translator's Note; Contents; Preface; Preface to the Second Edition; Introduction; I. Professional Ethics; II. Professional Ethics (continued); III. Professional Ethics (end); IV. Civic Morals-Definition of the State; V. Civic Morals (continued)-Relation of the State and the Individual; VI. Civic Morals (continued)-The State of the Individual-Patriotism; VII. Civic Morals (continued)-Form of the State -Democracy; VIII. Civic Morals (continued)-Form of the State -Democracy; IX. Civic Morals (end)-Form of the State- Democracy.;Of Durkheim's key works the most neglected is Professional Ethics and Civic Morals. This is not only careless it is also negligent for the book makes a seminal contribution to our understanding of the State. Durkheim's characterization of the State as the ultimate moral force in society is an important contrast to the views outlined by both Marx and Weber.