“At this point, an urgent question arises: [...] Is it our duty to seek to become a thorough and complete human being, one quite sufficient unto himself; or, on the contrary, to be only a part of a whole, the organ of an organism? Briefly, is the division of labor, at the same time that it is a law of nature, also a moral rule of human conduct; and, if it has this latter character, why and in what degree?” IfsHumansWholeCharacterLawHuman BeingsMoralDutyDegreesLaborContraryAriseSufficientLatterDivisionOrgansOrganismsUrgentLaws Of NatureThoroughDivision Of LaborParts Of A Whole Author:Emile Durkheim
“Man is a moral being, only because he lives in society. Let all social life disappear and morality will disappear with it.” MenSocialMoralMoralityDisappearSocial Life Author:Emile Durkheim
“A religion is a unified system of beliefs and practices relative to sacred things, that is to say, things set apart and forbidden-beliefs and practices which unite into one single moral community called a Church, all those who adhere to them.” ReligionBeliefCommunityChurchMoralPracticeSacredRelativeForbiddenUnifiedSacred Things Book:The Rules of Sociological Method: And Selected Texts on Sociology and its Method Source: The Rules of Sociological Method: And Selected Texts on Sociology and its Method
“Man is only a moral being because he lives in society, since morality consists in solidarity with the group, and varies according to that solidarity. Cause all social life to vanish, and moral life would vanish at the same time, having no object to cling to.” MenSocialCausesMoralGroupsHuman NatureObjectsMoralitySolidarityVarySocial LifeMoral Life Book:The Division of Labor in Society Source: The Division of Labor in Society
“Man's characteristic privilege is that the bond he accepts is not physical but moral; that is, social. He is governed not by a material environment brutally imposed on him, but by a conscience superior to his own, the superiority of which he feels. Because the greater, better part of his existence transcends the body, he escapes the body's yoke, but is subject to that of society.” MenFeelsBodySocialExistenceAcceptingMoralEnvironmentGreaterSocietySubjectsMaterialsConsciencePrivilegeSuperiorsCharacteristicsSuperiorityYokeGreat Society Book:Suicide: A Study in Sociology Source: Suicide: A Study in Sociology
“When morals are sufficient, law is unnecessary; when morals are insufficient, law is unenforceable.” LawMoralSufficientUnnecessaryInsufficient Author:Emile Durkheim
“Although our moral conscience is a part of our consciousness, we do not feel ourselves on an equality with it. In this voice which makes itself heard only to give us orders and establish prohibitions, we cannot recognize our own voices; the very tone in which it speaks to us warns us that it expresses something within us that is not of ourselves.” GivingFeelsOrderSpeakVoiceConsciousnessMoralHeardConscienceToneProhibitionMoral Conscience Author:Emile Durkheim
