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Autore: Halbertal Moshe Visualizza persona
Titolo: On sacrifice [[electronic resource] /] / Moshe Halbertal Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2012
Edizione: Course Book
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (147 p.)
Disciplina: 203/.4
Soggetto topico: Sacrifice
Self-sacrifice
Soggetto non controllato: Christianity
God
Jewish life
Judaism
Paul Kahn
Western religious life
agent-relative actions
attentiveness
categorical imperative
charity
civilians
competition
cooperation
dependency
ethical life
ethics
evolutionary biology
exchange
general will
golden rule
heroic sacrifices
humans
individuals
instrumental relationship
laws of war
love
loyalty
martyr
modern state
moral sphere
original position
other
past sacrifice
political bond
political life
political order
political violence
politics
prayer
psychoanalysis
religion
religious life
reliigous communities
retroactive desecration
ritual
sacrifice
sacrificial community
sacrificial system
sacrificing for
self-interest
self-sacrifice
self-transcendence
self
social contract
soldiers
sovereign
state
suffering
temple worship
utilitarianism
violence
war
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I. Sacrificing to -- Part II. Sacrificing for -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: The 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.
Titolo autorizzato: On sacrifice  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-45702-4
9786613457028
1-4008-4235-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910778928503321
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