Norms in the Wild How to Diagnose, Measure, and Change Social Norms

Cristina Bicchieri (2006) advanced a powerful and well-received account of norms. Her work reflects important ways in which philosophical and social scientific reflection on norms can be joined to great advantage. In its empirical richness, her work goes beyond the also important work of Philip Pettit (1990) and by Brennan, Eriksson, Goodin, and Southwood (2013). Bicchieri understands various kinds of norms as rules for which agents have a conditional preference to conform. Such preferences are keyed to various expectations-empirical expectations and normative expectations...This is a fascinating and informative read-one rich in its appreciation for complexities and grounded in concrete engagement with such complexities. David Henderson, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews