The Limits of Loyalty
We prize loyalty in our friends, lovers and colleagues, but loyalty raises difficult questions. What is the point of loyalty? Should we be loyal to country, just as we are loyal to friends and family? Can the requirements of loyalty conflict with the requirements of morality? In this book Simon Keller explores the varieties of loyalty and their psychological and ethical differences, and concludes that loyalty is an essential but fallible part of human life. He argues that grown children can be obliged to be loyal to their parents, that good friendship can sometimes conflict with moral and epistemic standards, and that patriotism is intimately…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-521-87461-8
- EAN: 9780521874618
- Produktnummer: 2876190
- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Seitenangabe: 248 S.
- Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.7 cm x D1.9 cm 539 g
- Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
- Gewicht: 539
Über den Autor
Simon Keller is Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Boston.
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