Honor in Political and Moral Philosophy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Honor in Political and Moral Philosophy write by Peter Olsthoorn. This book was released on 2014-12-03. Honor in Political and Moral Philosophy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this history of the development of ideas of honor in Western philosophy, Peter Olsthoorn examines what honor is, how its meaning has changed, and whether it can still be of use. Political and moral philosophers from Cicero to John Stuart Mill thought that a sense of honor and concern for our reputation could help us to determine the proper thing to do, and just as important, provide us with the much-needed motive to do it. Today, outside of the military and some other pockets of resistance, the notion of honor has become seriously out of date, while the term itself has almost disappeared from our moral language. Most of us think that people ought to do what is right based on a love for jus-tice rather than from a concern with how we are perceived by others. Wide-ranging and accessible, the book explores the role of honor in not only philosophy but also literature and war to make the case that honor can still play an important role in contemporary life.
Honor in Political and Moral Philosophy
Honor in Political and Moral Philosophy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Honor in Political and Moral Philosophy write by Peter Olsthoorn. This book was released on 2014-12-03. Honor in Political and Moral Philosophy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Argues for revitalizing the place of honor in contemporary life. In this history of the development of ideas of honor in Western philosophy, Peter Olsthoorn examines what honor is, how its meaning has changed, and whether it can still be of use. Political and moral philosophers from Cicero to John Stuart Mill thought that a sense of honor and concern for our reputation could help us to determine the proper thing to do, and just as important, provide us with the much-needed motive to do it. Today, outside of the military and some other pockets of resistance, the notion of honor has become seriously out of date, while the term itself has almost disappeared from our moral language. Most of us think that people ought to do what is right based on a love for justice rather than from a concern with how we are perceived by others. Wide-ranging and accessible, the book explores the role of honor in not only philosophy but also literature and war to make the case that honor can still play an important role in contemporary life.
Modern Honor
Modern Honor - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Modern Honor write by Anthony Cunningham. This book was released on 2013-08-21. Modern Honor available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book examines the notion of honor with an eye to dissecting its intellectual demise and with the aim of making a case for honor’s rehabilitation. Western intellectuals acknowledge honor’s influence, but they lament its authority. For Western democratic societies to embrace honor, it must be compatible with social ideals like liberty, equality, and fraternity. Cunningham details a conception of honor that can do justice to these ideals. This vision revolves around three elements—character (being), relationships (relating), and activities and accomplishment (doing). Taken together, these elements articulate a shared aspiration for excellence. We can turn the tables on traditional ills of honor—serious problems of gender, race, and class—by forging a vision of honor that rejects lives predicated on power and oppression.
What Happened in and to Moral Philosophy in the Twentieth Century?
What Happened in and to Moral Philosophy in the Twentieth Century? - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook What Happened in and to Moral Philosophy in the Twentieth Century? write by Fran O'Rourke. This book was released on 2013. What Happened in and to Moral Philosophy in the Twentieth Century? available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This is a volume of essays originally presented at University College Dublin in 2009 to celebrate the 80th birthday of Alasdair MacIntyre. What marks this collection is the unusual range of approaches and perspectives, representing divergent and even contradictory positions. This collection presents a unique profile of 20th-century moral philosophy and is itself an original contribution to ongoing debate.
What is Honor?
What is Honor? - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook What is Honor? write by Alexander Welsh. This book was released on 2008-01-01. What is Honor? available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "In this book Alexander Welsh considers the history and meaning of honor and dismisses the idea that we live in a post-honor culture. He notes that we have words other than honor, such as respect, self-respect, and personal identity, that show we do indeed care deeply continuing process of respect that continuing process of respect that motivates or constrains members of a peer group. Honor's dictates function as moral imperatives." "Surprisingly, little systematic study of the history of honor in Western culture has been attempted. Offering a welcome remedy, Welsh provides a genealogy of approaches to the subject, mining some of the most influential texts of the Western tradition."--Jacket.
