Honor, history, and relationship : essays in second-personal ethics II / Stephen Darwall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Darwall, Stephen L., 1946- author.

Series:

Darwall, Stephen L., 1946- Essays in second-personal ethics ; 2.

Essays in second-personal ethics ; 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Interpersonal relations--Moral and ethical aspects.

Interpersonal relations.

Ethics.

Respect for persons.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 285 pages)

Other Title:

Essays in second-personal ethics II

Essays in second-personal ethics 2

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Stephen Darwall expands upon his argument for a second-personal framework for morality, in which morality entails mutual accountability and the authority to address demands. He explores the role of the framework in relation to cultural ideas of respect and honour; the development of 'modern' moral philosophy; and interpersonal relations.

Contents:

Introduction

I. Honor, respect, and accountability

1. Respect as honor and as accountability

2. Smith's ambivalence about honor

3. Justice and retaliation

4. Ressentiment and second-personal resentment

II. Relating to others

5. Responsibility within relations

6. Being with

7. Demystifying promises

III. History

8. Grotius at the creation of modern moral philosophy

9. Pufendorf on morality, sociability, and moral powers

10. Fichte and the second-person standpoint

11. Kant on respect, dignity, and the duty of respect.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version

ISBN:

0-19-174841-2

0-19-966260-6

OCLC:

867551852