03533nam 2200613 450 991082161730332120220901235149.00-7391-8579-9(CKB)2550000001266085(EBL)1673579(SSID)ssj0001181456(PQKBManifestationID)12447496(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001181456(PQKBWorkID)11142637(PQKB)10632310(MiAaPQ)EBC1673579(Au-PeEL)EBL1673579(CaPaEBR)ebr10860122(CaONFJC)MIL589749(OCoLC)876592201(EXLCZ)99255000000126608520140131h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGratitude toward veterans why Americans should not be very grateful to veterans /Stephen KershnarLanham, MD :Lexington Books,[2014]©20141 online resource (xv, 141 pages)Description based upon print version of record.0-7391-8578-0 1-306-58498-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.The American people are very grateful to veterans -- Argument -- Objection -- Conclusion -- Collective gratitude -- Gratitude -- The essence of gratitude -- Conclusion -- We should not be very grateful to veterans -- Argument for thesis #1 -- Conclusion -- We should not be very grateful to draftees -- Less or no gratitude for drafted veterans -- Objections -- Conclusion -- Against the draft -- The draft is wrong -- Objections -- The irrelevance of the draft to wartime killing and destruction -- Conclusion -- In the future, U.S. citizens should avoid being grateful to veterans -- Argument -- Defense of premises -- Objections -- Conclusion -- The duty to obey military orders is surprisingly weak -- Concepts -- Argument -- Metaphysical objections -- Epistemic objections -- Role-relative and group duties -- Implications of the thesis -- Conclusion -- Lacking gratitude and virtue -- Vice and the lack of significant gratitude.Veterans are celebrated with speeches, statues, memorials, holidays, and affirmative action. They are lavishly praised in public gatherings and private conversations. Contradicting this widespread attitude, Stephen Kershnar's Gratitude toward Veterans: A Philosophical Explanation of Why American Should Not Be Very Grateful to Veterans argues that U.S. citizens should not be very grateful to veterans.Veterans are celebrated with speeches, statues, memorials, holidays, and affirmative action. They are lavishly praised in public gatherings and private conversations. Contradicting this widespread attitude, Stephen Kershnar's Gratitude toward Veterans: A Philosophical Explanation of Why American Should Not Be Very Grateful to Veterans argues that U.S. citizens should not be very grateful to veterans.Why Americans should not be very grateful to veteransVeteransUnited StatesCivil-military relationsUnited StatesGratitudeVeteransCivil-military relationsGratitude.305.9/06970973Kershnar Stephen892540MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821617303321Gratitude toward veterans4035453UNINA