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Author:

Welsh, Alexander.

Title:

What is honor? : a question of moral imperatives / Alexander Welsh.

Publisher:

Yale University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

xxii, 228 p. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Honor.
Conduct of life.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-222) and index.

Contents:

On moralities of obedience and respect -- Help from anthropology and psychology -- Respect in the ethics of Aristotle -- Cicero's mediation of the same -- Shakespeare's recourse to Roman honor -- His Antony, Cleopatra, and Coriolanus -- Honor by that name in Mandeville and Montesquieu -- Leveling down in Enlightenment fiction -- Coming of age in neoclassical drama -- And how Rousseau's Emile comes of age -- Kant's engagement with honor -- Parallels to Kant's moral philosophy -- Respect and Adam Smith's impartial spectator -- Adam Smith and recent social science -- Coming to terms with honor in philosophy.

ISBN:

030012564X (alk. paper)
9780300125641 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)175289892

LCCN:

2007041561

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)