TY - BOOK AU - Sayer,R.Andrew TI - Why things matter to people: social science, values and ethical life SN - 9781107001145 (hardback) U1 - 303.37201 PY - 2011/// CY - New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Social values KW - Social norms KW - Normativity (Ethics) KW - Social sciences KW - Moral and ethical aspects N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 264-278) and index; Introduction: a relation to the world of concern -- Values within reason -- Reason beyond rationality: values and practical reason -- Beings for whom things matter -- Understanding the ethical dimension of life -- Dignity -- Critical social science and its rationales -- Implications for social science -- Appendix: comments on philosophical theories of ethics ER -