Table of Contents

Prologue
Cheryl Mattingly

Chapter 1. The Question of 'Moral Engines': Introducing a Philosophical Anthropological Dialogue
Rasmus Dyring, Cheryl Mattingly, and Maria Louw

PART I: MORAL ENGINES AND HUMAN EXPERIENCE

Chapter 2. Ethics, Immanent Transcendence and the Experimental Narrative Self  
Cheryl Mattingly

Chapter 3. Being Otherwise: On Regret, Morality, and Mood
Jason Throop

Chapter 4. Haunting as Moral Engine: Ethical Striving and Moral Aporias among Sufis in Uzbekistan
Maria Louw

Chapter 5. Every Day: Forgiving after War in Northern Uganda
Lotte Meinert

Chapter 6. The Provocation of Freedom
Rasmus Dyring

PART II: MORAL ENGINES AND 'MORAL FACTS'

Chapter 7. On the Immanence of Ethics
Michael Lambek

Chapter 8. Where in the World are Values? Exemplarity and Moral Motivation
Joel Robbins

Chapter 9. Fault Lines in the Anthropology of Ethics
James Laidlaw

PART III: MORAL ENGINES AND THE HUMAN CONDITION

Chapter 10. An Ethics of Dwelling and a Politics of Worldbuilding: Responding to the Demands of the Drug War
Jarrett Zigon

Chapter 11. Human, the Responding Being:  Considerations Towards a Philosophical Anthropology of Responsiveness
Thomas Schwarz Wentzer

Chapter 12. The History of Responsibility
Francois Raffoul

Index

About the Author

Cheryl Mattingly is Professor of Anthropology at University of Southern California. She is a 2017 Guggenheim Fellow and has received numerous awards from the American Anthropological Association, including the Victor Turner Prize, the Stirling Prize and the New Millennium Prize. Her most recent book is Moral Laboratories: Family Peril and the Struggle for a Good Life (University of California Press 2014).

Reviews

“All the chapters show, in their own way, that philosophical anthropology offers a very sophisticated approach to understand how humans live… The dialogue between anthropology and philosophy that underlies this volume has clearly enriched the understanding of ethical drives in human life.” • History of the Human Sciences “Overall the text offers an insightful interdisciplinary discussion on the topics of morality and ethics, albeit a conflicted title and theme as is made evident by many of the authors’ concerns with the idea and term ‘moral engines’ throughout the volume. A fascinating read for those interested in the in the field regardless of what side of the fence one sits.” • Irish Journal of Anthropology “This is an excellent collection of essays that contributes to the growing anthropological literature on morality and ethics. It addresses the current debates in a new and useful way.” • Johan Rasanayagam, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen “This stimulating volume suggests a new metaphor to reshape this central question to moral theory within an anthropological perspective.” • Samuel Leze, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon