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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480604303321

Titolo

Loyalty : NOMOS LIV / / Sanford V. Levinson, Paul Woodruff, Joel Parker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : New York University Press, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

0-8147-6091-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (311 p.)

Collana

NOMOS - American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy ; ; 14

Disciplina

179.9

Soggetti

Loyalty

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- CONTRIBUTORS -- 1. LOYALTY AND MORALITY -- 2. LOYALTY FROM A CONFUCIAN PERSPECTIVE -- 3. IN PLACE OF LOYALTY: FRIENDSHIP AND ADVERSARY POLITICS IN CLASSICAL GREECE -- 4. LAWYERLY FIDELITY -- 5. LAWYERLY FIDELITY: AN ETHICAL AND EMPIRICAL CRITIQUE -- 6. A FRACTURED FIDELITY TO CAUSE -- 7. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF JUST AND UNJUST WARS: RESPONSE TO SHERMAN -- 8. FOR CONSTITUTION AND PROFESSION: PARADOXES OF MILITARY SERVICE IN A LIBERAL DEMOCRACY -- 9. THE CASE FOR PARTY LOYALTY -- 10. DEMOCRACY AND THE PROBLEM OF THE PARTISAN STATE -- INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Few topics are more ubiquitous in everyday life and, at the same time, more controversial in practice, than that of one’s moral obligation to loyalty. Featuring essays by scholars working in a variety of subjects from law to psychology, Loyalty presents diverse perspectives on dilemmas posed by potential conflicts between loyalties to specific institutions or professional roles and more universalistic conceptions of moral duty. The volume begins with a philosophical exploration of theories of loyalty, both Eastern and Western, then moves to examine several problematic situations in which loyalty is often a factor: partisan politics, the armed forces, and lawyer-client relationships. A fair and balanced analysis from a wide range of disciplinary and normative viewpoints, Loyalty infuses new life into an oft-tread avenue of



scholarly inquiry. Contributors: Ryan K. Balot, Paul O. Carrese, Yasmin Dawood, Bernard Gert, Kathleen M. Higgins, Sanford Levinson, Daniel Markovits, Lynn Mather, Russell Muirhead, Nancy Sherman, Paul Woodruff