| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 228 pages) |
| Contents |
On moralities of obedience and respect -- Help from anthropology and psychology -- Respect in the ethics of Aristotle -- Cicero's mediation of the same -- Shakespeare's recourse to Roman honor -- His Antony, Cleopatra, and Coriolanus -- Honor by that name in Mandeville and Montesquieu -- Leveling down in Enlightenment fiction -- Coming of age in neoclassical drama -- And how Rousseau's Emile comes of age -- Kant's engagement with honor -- Parallels to Kant's moral philosophy -- Respect and Adam Smith's impartial spectator -- Adam Smith and recent social science -- Coming to terms with honor in philosophy |
| Summary |
"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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-222) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Honor.
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Conduct of life.
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ethics (philosophical concept)
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Conduct of life
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Honor
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Begriff
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Ehre
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Philosophie
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Ehre.
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Begriff.
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Philosophie.
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Ideengeschichte.
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Ethik.
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Heder -- filosofiska aspekter.
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Heder i litteraturen.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780300148305 |
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0300148305 |
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9781282353466 |
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1282353462 |
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9786612353468 |
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6612353465 |
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