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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785698403321

Autore

Sessions William Lad

Titolo

Honor for us [[electronic resource] ] : a philosophical analysis, interpretation and defense / / William Lad Sessions

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Continuum, c2010

ISBN

1-282-97765-2

9786612977657

1-4411-7496-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Disciplina

179.9

Soggetti

Honor

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 (p. 192-205) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Concepts of honor -- pt. 2. Honor's reach -- pt. 3. Honor's future.

Sommario/riassunto

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