Institutions In Action: The Nature And The Role Of Institutions In The Real World (studies In The Philosophy Of Sociality (12))

This Edited Volume Presents The Social Ontology Of Institutions. It Questions What Institutions Are, What Features And Properties Institutions Have And What Kinds Of Institution Are Present In The Social World. The Book Answers These Questions From Both A Speculative And An Applied Approach, It Argues For A Specific Definition Of Institutions As A Rule-based Equilibria, As Collective Epistemic Agent That Is Characterized By Meaning, Principles And Power And As Product Of A We-mode And An Imposition Of A Function. This Book Started From The Interdisciplinary Conference Playing By The Rules In Rijeka And Contains Contributions From Philosophy, Sociology And Economy. Institutions In Action Is The First Book To Offer A Comprehensive Overview Of The Many Different Aspects And Accounts About The Social Ontology Of Institutions. This Much Needed Book Presents Researchers A Very Wide State Of The Art About The Topic Of Institution By Presenting The Many Differences That Emerge In Comparing The Different Positions. The Importance of Institutions in Social Reality Contents Chapter 1: Social Corporations as Social Institutions 1.1 Summary: Social Corporations Function as Extended Social Institutions. References Chapter 2: Institutions and Functions 2.1 Introduction 2.2 A (Very Short) Theory of Institutions 2.3 Institutions and Functions 2.4 Tokens, Types, and Clusters of Functions 2.5 Institutional Change and Reform References Chapter 3: Epistemic Virtues of Institutions 3.1 Institution as a Collective Entity 3.2 Institution: From a Collective Entity to Collective Agents 3.3 Collective Epistemology Meets Virtue Epistemology 3.4 The Epistemic Virtue of Institutions References Chapter 4: What Is an Act of Engagement? Between the Social, Collegial and Institutional Protocols References Chapter 5: Play It by Trust: Social Trust, Political Institutions and Leisure 5.1 Trust, Institutions and Social Inclusion 5.2 Trust and Social Trust 5.3 Institutional Arrangements and Social Trust 5.4 Institutions, Leisure and Social Inclusion 5.5 Conclusion References Chapter 6: Individual Morality and the Morality of Institutions 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Diverse Understandings of Morality (A Slight Digression) 6.3 A Preliminary Question About the Morality of Institutions and its Relation to Individual Morality 6.4 Justice and Duties to Comply with Institutions 6.5 Unjust Institutions 6.6 Conclusion References Chapter 7: States and Transgenerational Actions 7.1 Basic Transgenerationality 7.2 Secondary Transgenerationality 7.3 States 7.3.1 Ontology of the State 7.3.1.1 How States Can Preserve Themselves over Time: Matters of Fact 7.3.1.2 How States Can Preserve Themselves Over Time: Matters of Law Collective Actions: A Taxonomy References Chapter 8: From Capital to Documediality 8.1 Documents, Not Commodities 8.2 Mobilization, Not Labour 8.3 Recognition, Not Sustenance 8.4 Self-Affirmation, Not Alienation 8.5 Atomization, Not Classification 8.6 Conclusion References Chapter 9: The Basis of European Cooperation 9.1 Forms of Cooperation 9.2 Applying the Models 9.3 Is There a Shared Vision of the EU? References Chapter 10: Ways of Compromise-Building in a World of Institutions 10.1 Introduction: Principles and Implementation 10.2 Basic Principles and the Development of Compromise 10.3 Some Benefits of Inclusion in a Pluralistic Process of Changing Interpretations: Dialogue, Reasoning and Feelings 10.4 Conclusion References Index