Troy Jollimore

On Loyalty (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Loyalty is one of the most highly charged and important issues, often evoking strong feelings and actions. It is also a deceptively difficult concept to grasp. What is loyalty? Is loyalty compatible with impartiality? Are there limits to loyalty and if so, where do they lie? In aglobal era is loyalty to my country an outmoded idea?

Drawing on a fascinating array of examples from Socrates' suicidal loyalty to Athens to The Remains of the Day and No Country for Old Men, Troy Jollimore expertly unravels the phenomenon of loyalty from a philosophical standpoint.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. August 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136262753
• Artikelnr.: 38264060

Autorenporträt

Troy Jollimore is Professor of Philosophy at California State University, Chico, USA. He is the author of Love's Vision, and of the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning book of poetry, Tom Thomson in Purgatory. His essays and book reviews have appeared in Boston Review, Wilson Quarterly, LA Times, Chicago Tribune, and elsewhere.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Loyal Action, Loyal Thought 2. Loyalty's Unavoidable Dilemmas 3. Loyalty, Tribalism, Violence 4. Loyalty, Community, and Morality Conclusion. Index

Rezensionen

"This is an insightful, lively, and entertaining study of loyalty. It offers a thorough overview of the philosophical questions that loyalty raises and a compelling picture of the loyalty's place in the lives of individuals and political communities." - Simon Keller, Victoria University, New Zealand