Monica Heintz received her PhD in Social Anthropology in Cambridge in 2002, and was appointed Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in 2003. She is currently Lecturer in Social Anthropology at the University of Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense, the author of 'Be European, Recycle Yourself: Changing Work Ethic in Romania (LIT, 2006) and the editor of Weak State, Uncertain Citizenship: Moldova (Peter Lang, 2008).

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1. Introduction: Why There Should Be an Anthropology of Moralities
Monica Heintz

Chapter 2. Norm and Spontaneity: Elicitation with Moral Dilemma Scenarios
Thomas Widlok

Chapter 3. Life History and Personal Experience: The Moral Conceptions of a Muscovite Man
Jarrett Zigon

Chapter 4. Morality, Value and Radical Cultural Change
Joel Robbins

Chapter 5. Accelerated Globalisation and the Conflicts of Values Seen Through the Lens of Transnational Adoption: A Comparative Perspective
Signe Howell

Chapter 6. Morality, Self and Power: The Idea of the Mahalla in Uzbekistan
Johan Rasanayagam

Chapter 7. Moralising Female Sexuality: The Intersections between Morality and Sexuality in Rural Vietnam
Helle Rydstrøm

Chapter 8. Narrative Ethics: The Excess of Giving and Moral Ambiguity in the Lao Vessantara-Jataka
Patrice Ladwig

Chapter 9. Adopting an Obligation: Moral Reasoning about Bougainvillean Children's Access to Social Services in New Ireland
Karen Sykes

Chapter 10. Between Facts and Norms: Towards an Anthropology of Ethical Practice
Mark Goodale

References

Notes on Contributors

Index