LEADER 03873nam 2200769Ia 450 001 9910953344303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786613457028 010 $a9781283457026 010 $a1283457024 010 $a9781400842353 010 $a1400842352 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400842353 035 $a(CKB)2550000000084273 035 $a(EBL)859031 035 $a(OCoLC)775872992 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000612439 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11363183 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000612439 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10571178 035 $a(PQKB)11432087 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC859031 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000406917 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse37195 035 $a(DE-B1597)447200 035 $a(OCoLC)1054882064 035 $a(OCoLC)979582930 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400842353 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL859031 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10533605 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL345702 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31773322 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31773322 035 $a(Perlego)735498 035 $a(OCoLC)1428924860 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000084273 100 $a20110908d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aOn sacrifice /$fMoshe Halbertal 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton $cPrinceton University Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (147 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780691163307 311 08$a0691163308 311 08$a9780691152851 311 08$a0691152853 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 $aSelf-sacrifice 615 0$aSacrifice. 615 0$aSelf-sacrifice. 676 $a203/.4 700 $aHalbertal$b Moshe$0764566 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910953344303321 996 $aOn sacrifice$94449141 997 $aUNINA