skip to main content
LOTERRE

LOTERRE

Search from vocabulary

Content language

| español français
Search help

Concept information

Preferred term

moral entrepreneurs  

Definition(s)

  • Moral entrepreneurs are those who take the lead in persuading society to create rules or policy based on particular moral viewpoints; they often aim to control personal behavior and definitions of morality. Such crusades for the betterment of society generate greater social concern, which may culminate in the establishment of long-standing social changes and enforcement institutions. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Deviance; Moral Entrepreneurs]

Broader concept(s)

Belongs to group

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-ZC4PWVTH-F

Download this concept: