Westermarck, Edward Alexander(1862–1939) Edward Alexander Westermarck is best known as an anthropologist and sociologist; he is important in philosophy, however, as an exponent of a subjectivist theory of ethics, which he illustrated and...

Edvard Alexander Westermarck (November 20, 1862 - September 3, 1939) was a Swedish speaking Finnish philosopher and sociologist. Among other subjects, he studied exogamy and the incest taboo. He is known for first noting the Westermarck effect in which...

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In the following excerpt, originally published in 1965, Wright relies on unpublished proceedings of the Philosophical Society of Finland to illustrate Westermarck's intellectual development.

In the following excerpt, Stroup urges modern readers to read Westermarck's work without prejudice from his critical detractors.

In the following excerpt, Moore disagrees with Westermarck's notion that moral indignation can be consistent from one individual to the next.