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200 10$aOn sacrifice$b[electronic resource] /$fMoshe Halbertal
205   $aCourse Book
210   $aPrinceton $cPrinceton University Press$dc2012
215   $a1 online resource (147 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-691-16330-8 
311   $a0-691-15285-3 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $tPart I. Sacrificing to -- $tPart II. Sacrificing for -- $tConclusion -- $tNotes -- $tIndex
330   $aThe idea and practice of sacrifice play a profound role in religion, ethics, and politics. In this brief book, philosopher Moshe Halbertal explores the meaning and implications of sacrifice, developing a theory of sacrifice as an offering and examining the relationship between sacrifice, ritual, violence, and love. On Sacrifice also looks at the place of self-sacrifice within ethical life and at the complex role of sacrifice as both a noble and destructive political ideal. In the religious domain, Halbertal argues, sacrifice is an offering, a gift given in the context of a hierarchical relationship. As such it is vulnerable to rejection, a trauma at the root of both ritual and violence. An offering is also an ambiguous gesture torn between a genuine expression of gratitude and love and an instrument of exchange, a tension that haunts the practice of sacrifice. In the moral and political domains, sacrifice is tied to the idea of self-transcendence, in which an individual sacrifices his or her self-interest for the sake of higher values and commitments. While self-sacrifice has great potential moral value, it can also be used to justify the most brutal acts. Halbertal attempts to unravel the relationship between self-sacrifice and violence, arguing that misguided self-sacrifice is far more problematic than exaggerated self-love. In his exploration of the positive and negative dimensions of self-sacrifice, Halbertal also addresses the role of past sacrifice in obligating future generations and in creating a bond for political associations, and considers the function of the modern state as a sacrificial community.
606   $aSacrifice
606   $aSelf-sacrifice
610   $aChristianity.
610   $aGod.
610   $aJewish life.
610   $aJudaism.
610   $aPaul Kahn.
610   $aWestern religious life.
610   $aagent-relative actions.
610   $aattentiveness.
610   $acategorical imperative.
610   $acharity.
610   $acivilians.
610   $acompetition.
610   $acooperation.
610   $adependency.
610   $aethical life.
610   $aethics.
610   $aevolutionary biology.
610   $aexchange.
610   $ageneral will.
610   $agolden rule.
610   $aheroic sacrifices.
610   $ahumans.
610   $aindividuals.
610   $ainstrumental relationship.
610   $alaws of war.
610   $alove.
610   $aloyalty.
610   $amartyr.
610   $amodern state.
610   $amoral sphere.
610   $aoriginal position.
610   $aother.
610   $apast sacrifice.
610   $apolitical bond.
610   $apolitical life.
610   $apolitical order.
610   $apolitical violence.
610   $apolitics.
610   $aprayer.
610   $apsychoanalysis.
610   $areligion.
610   $areligious life.
610   $areliigous communities.
610   $aretroactive desecration.
610   $aritual.
610   $asacrifice.
610   $asacrificial community.
610   $asacrificial system.
610   $asacrificing for.
610   $aself-interest.
610   $aself-sacrifice.
610   $aself-transcendence.
610   $aself.
610   $asocial contract.
610   $asoldiers.
610   $asovereign.
610   $astate.
610   $asuffering.
610   $atemple worship.
610   $autilitarianism.
610   $aviolence.
610   $awar.
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615  0$aSelf-sacrifice.
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