Humanist Science

Philip Selznick is Professor Emeritus of Law and Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. In 2003, Professor Selznick received the Law & Society Association's Kalven prize, which recognizes a body of scholarly work that has contributed to the advancement of research in law and society.

• Contents Forewordxxx Prefacexxx Part OneThe Humanist Imagination Chapter 1The Humanist Tradition000 Chapter 2The Postulate of Humanity000 Chapter 3Four Pillars of Humanist Science000 Part TwoRealms of Value Chapter 4From Social Order to Moral Order000 Chapter 5Humanist Virtues 000 Chapter 6The Morality of Governance000 Chapter 7Rationality and Responsibility000 Chapter 8The Quality of Culture000 Chapter 9Law and Justice000 Part ThreePhilosophy and Social Science Chapter 10Moral Philosophy and Social Science000 Chapter 11A Public Philosophy 000 Notes000 Index000

"A Humanist Science is a distillation of themes that underlie a life of investigation and thought. A delight to read, Selznick's work reminds readers of the virtues of intellectual spaciousness and reach. Full of wise, thoughtful appraisals of what matters in social life, and what conditions allow us to thrive or serve to diminish us, it offers a program and example of how to think well about fundamental things." —Martin Krygier, University of New South Wales "Selznick resuscitates a promising humanist perspective in this gracefully composed, well conceived, thoroughly readable work. It proposes an admirable, 'human-friendly' orientation to the social sciences that is long overdue, and caps a distinguished career well-spent in clarifying difficult questions." —Alan Sica, Pennsylvania State University "The result of a lifetime of thinking about the conditions that facilitate or frustrate human flourishing, this work offers a brief and eloquent statement of Selznick's broad vision. It is original and stimulating, albeit controversial, and will be of interest to scholars in many disciplines." —Kenneth Winston, Harvard University