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Honor for us : a philosophical analysis, interpretation and defense / William Lad Sessions.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sessions, William Lad.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Honor.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (225 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Continuum, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Honor For Us is the first contemporary philosophical inquiry into the concept of honor. It is unique not only in its analysis of six distinct concepts of honor, which includes an investigation into the place of honor in religious thought and ethics, but also in its interpretation of honor's prevalence in our own culture. Many would like to discard honor altogether as "obsolete", but Sessions contends that the concept of honor is poorly understood, standing sorely in need of clarification. He argues that the notion of honor remains viable in the face of powerful criticism, and that it has imp
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Concepts of honor
- pt. 2. Honor's reach
- pt. 3. Honor's future.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 192-205) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9786612977657
- 9781282977655
- 1282977652
- 9781441174963
- 1441174966
- OCLC:
- 699507858
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