Gratitude toward veterans : why Americans should not be very grateful to veterans / / Stephen Kershnar
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Kershnar Stephen
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| Titolo: |
Gratitude toward veterans : why Americans should not be very grateful to veterans / / Stephen Kershnar
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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham, MD : , : Lexington Books, , [2014] |
| ©2014 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xv, 141 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 305.9/06970973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Veterans - United States |
| Civil-military relations - United States | |
| Gratitude | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Altri titoli varianti: | Why Americans should not be very grateful to veterans |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Gratitude toward veterans |
| ISBN: | 0-7391-8579-9 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910821617303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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