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Ordinary Ethics .................17892$ $$FM 09-09-1010:52:31 PS PAGEi .................17892$ $$FM 09-09-1010:52:31 PS PAGEii Ordinary Ethics Anthropology, Language, and Action Edited by Michael Lambek fordham university press NewYork 2010 .................17892$ $$FM 09-09-1010:52:31 PS PAGEiii Copyright(cid:2)2010FordhamUniversityPress Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybe reproduced,storedinaretrievalsystem,ortransmittedin anyformorbyanymeans—electronic,mechanical, photocopy,recording,oranyother—exceptforbrief quotationsinprintedreviews,withoutthepriorpermission ofthepublisher. FordhamUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthe persistenceoraccuracyofURLsforexternalorthird-party Internetwebsitesreferredtointhispublicationanddoesnot guaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwill remain,accurateorappropriate. FordhamUniversityPressalsopublishesitsbooksina varietyofelectronicformats.Somecontentthatappearsin printmaynotbeavailableinelectronicbooks. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Ordinaryethics:anthropology,language,andaction/ editedbyMichaelLambek.—1sted. p. cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN978-0-8232-3316-8(cloth:alk.paper) ISBN978-0-8232-3317-5(pbk.:alk.paper) ISBN978-0-8232-3318-2(ebook) 1.Anthropologicalethics. I.Lambek,Michael. GN33.6.O74 2011 303.3(cid:2)72—dc22 2010033983 PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica 12 11 10 5 4 3 2 1 Firstedition .................17892$ $$FM 09-09-1010:52:32 PS PAGEiv ForAram Yengoyan andinmemoryofRoy(Skip)Rappaport .................17892$ $$FM 09-09-1010:52:32 PS PAGEv .................17892$ $$FM 09-09-1010:52:32 PS PAGEvi contents Acknowledgments xi Contributors xiii Introduction michaellambek 1 PartOne theoreticalframeworks TowardanEthicsoftheAct michaellambek 39 Minds,Surfaces,andReasonsintheAnthropologyofEthics webbkeane 64 FromtheEthicaltotheThemitical(andBack):Groundworkfor anAnthropologyofEthics jamesd.faubion 84 PartTwo theethicsofspeaking Ethics,Language,andHumanSociality alanrumsey 105 TheOrdinaryEthicsofEverydayTalk jacksidnell 123 PartThree responsibilityandagency AgencyandResponsibility:PerhapsYouCanHaveTooMuchofa GoodThing jameslaidlaw 143 AbuGhraibandtheProblemofEvil stevenc.caton 165 PartFour punishmentandpersonaldignity ThePunishmentofEthicalBehavior charlesstafford 187 vii .................17892$ CNTS 09-09-1010:52:34 PS PAGEvii viii Contents OrdinaryEthicsandChangingCosmologies:Exemplificationfrom NorthAustralia francescamerlan 207 PhilosophicalCommentsonCharlesStaffordandFrancesca Merlan judithbaker 225 PartFive ethicsandformality NaturalManners:Etiquette,Ethics,andSincerityinAmerican ConductManuals shirleyyeung 235 ‘‘TheyDidItlikeaSong’’:Ethics,Aesthetics,andTraditionin HopiLegalDiscourse justinb.richland 249 PartSix ethicalsubjects:characterandpractice PeopleofNoSubstance:ImpostureandtheContingencyof MoralityintheColombianAmazon carlosdavidlondon˜osulkin 273 EthicsBetweenPublicandPrivate:SexWorkers’Relationshipsin London sophieday 292 OnthePragmaticsofEmpathyintheNeurodiversityMovement paulantze 310 BeingSadharana:TalkingabouttheJustBusinessPersoninSri Lanka nirekaweeratunge 328 PartSeven ethicallife:encounterswithhistory,religion,and thepolitical EngagingOthers:ReligiousConvictionandIronyintheHoly Lands donnayoung 351 BetweenQueerEthicsandSexualMorality naisargin.dave 368 EngagingtheLifeoftheOther:LoveandEverydayLife veenadas 376 .................17892$ CNTS 09-09-1010:52:34 PS PAGEviii Contents ix TheGhostsofWarandtheEthicsofMemory heonikkwon 400 Bibliography 415 Index 451 .................17892$ CNTS 09-09-1010:52:35 PS PAGEix .................17892$ CNTS 09-09-1010:52:35 PS PAGEx

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