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A vital and underappreciated dimension of social interaction is the way individuals justify their actions to others, instinctively drawing on their experience to appeal to principles they hope will command respect. Individuals, however, often misread situations, and many disagreements can be explained by people appealing, knowingly and unknowingly, to different principles. On Justification is the first English translation of Luc Boltanski and Laurent Thevenot's ambitious theoretical examination of these phenomena, a book that has already had a huge impact on French sociology and is likely to h.

Social sciences --- Economics --- Justification (Theory of knowledge) --- Philosophy. --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Abjection. --- Acquiescence. --- Ad hominem. --- Ambiguity. --- Anecdote. --- Antinomy. --- Apathy. --- Arbitrariness. --- Attempt. --- Calculation. --- Common good. --- Competition (economics). --- Concurrence. --- Consciousness. --- Consideration. --- Conspiracy of silence (expression). --- Controversy. --- Criticism. --- Critique. --- Deliberation. --- Denunciation. --- Determination. --- Divine law. --- Division of labour. --- Double Movement. --- Economics. --- Etiquette. --- Eugenics. --- Explanation. --- Externality. --- Externalization. --- False consciousness. --- Fraud. --- Hedonism. --- Holism. --- Honour. --- Household. --- Hypocrisy. --- Hypothesis. --- Impasse. --- Impossibility. --- Impulsivity. --- Individualism. --- Information asymmetry. --- Institution. --- Know-how. --- Legitimacy (political). --- Liberalism. --- Medium of exchange. --- Michael Polanyi. --- Morality. --- Multitude. --- Necessity. --- Obedience (human behavior). --- Obscenity. --- Obsolescence. --- Occam's razor. --- Opportunism. --- Paternalism. --- Political philosophy. --- Politique. --- Prejudice. --- Pride. --- Principle. --- Public morality. --- Public opinion. --- Public sphere. --- Relativism. --- Religion. --- Requirement. --- Result. --- Rhetoric. --- Science. --- Scientism. --- Self-control. --- Self-deception. --- Self-interest. --- Self-love. --- Slavery. --- Social criticism. --- Social science. --- Sociology. --- Sovereignty. --- State of nature. --- Superiority (short story). --- Synderesis. --- Synecdoche. --- The Philosopher. --- Theory of Forms. --- Theory. --- Thought. --- Torture. --- Uncertainty. --- Union Movement. --- Uniqueness. --- Utilitarianism. --- Value (ethics). --- Wealth. --- Writing. --- Émile Durkheim.