Modern Honor

A Philosophical Defense
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-138-92348-5
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 198 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 298 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cunningham, Anthony

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie: Allgemeines, Methoden

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1. The Wrath of Achilles 2. Honor Stories 3. Honor's Demise 4. Is Honor Inevitably Flawed 5: Modern Honor: Character 6: Modern Honor: Relating and Doing 7. Shameless Morality 8. Whose Honor? 9. Final Thoughts

Über Autor(innen)

Anthony Cunningham is Professor of Philosophy at St. John's University, USA