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Honor for us : a philosophical analysis, interpretation and defense /
Honor For Us is the first contemporary philosophical inquiry into the concept of honor. It is unique not only in its analysis of six distinct concepts of honor, which includes an investigation into the place of honor in religious thought and ethics, but also in its interpretation of honor's pre...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Continuum,
©2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Honor For Us is the first contemporary philosophical inquiry into the concept of honor. It is unique not only in its analysis of six distinct concepts of honor, which includes an investigation into the place of honor in religious thought and ethics, but also in its interpretation of honor's prevalence in our own culture. Many would like to discard honor altogether as "obsolete", but Sessions contends that the concept of honor is poorly understood, standing sorely in need of clarification. He argues that the notion of honor remains viable in the face of powerful criticism, and that it has imp. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 210 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-205) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9781441174963 1441174966 1282977652 9781282977655 9786612977657 6612977655 |