Publisher's Synopsis
This special issue contains a collection of papers that take the relation of social interaction and morality as their topic. The contributors share the view that morality and interaction are deeply intertwined with each other, and in their empirical analysis of actual instances of "moral discourse" they elucidate the nature and dynamics of this interrelation. The articles pay close attention to the principles and forms through which moral issues are handled in social interaction, and they look in the opposite direction by topicalizing the moral implications and consequences of certain verbal activities. As a whole, this collection of articles will clarify much of the opacity that surrounds moral discourse in modern society.
