loyalty an essay on the morality of relationships

Loyalty: An Essay on the Morality of Relationships

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Fletcher, George P., PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, At a time when age-old political structures are crumbling, civil strife abounds, ong>anong>d economic uncertainty permeates the air, ong>loyaltyong> offers us security in our relationships with associates, friends, ong>anong>d family. Yet ong>loyaltyong> is a suspect virtue. It is not impartial. It is not blind. It violates the principles of morality that have dominated Western thought for the last two hundred years. Loyalties are also thought to be irrational ong>anong>d contrary to the spirit of Capitalism. In a free market society, we are encouraged to move to the competition when we are not happy. This way of thinking has invaded our personal relationships ong>anong>d undermined our capacities for friendship ong>anong>d ong>loyaltyong> to those who do not serve our immediate interests. As George P. Fletcher writes, it is time for loyal bonds, born of history ong>anong>d experience, to prevail both over impartial morality ong>anong>d the self-interested thinking of the market trader. In this extended ong>essayong>, George P. Fletcher offers ong>anong> account of ong>loyaltyong> that illuminates its role in our relationships with family ong>anong>d friends, our ties to country, ong>anong>d the commitment of the religious to God ong>anong>d their community. Fletcher opposes the traditional view of the moral self as detached from context ong>anong>d history. He argues instead that ong>loyaltyong>, not impartial detachment, should be the central feature of our moral ong>anong>d political lives. Writing as a political "liberal," he claims that a commitment to country is necessary to improve the lot of the poor ong>anong>d disadvong>anong>taged. This commitment to country may well require greater reliong>anong>ce on patriotic rituals in education ong>anong>d a reconsideration of the Supreme Court's extending the First Amendment to protect flag burning. Given the worldwide currents of parochialism ong>anong>d political decentralization, the task for us, Fletcher argues, is to renew our commitment to a single nation united in its diversity. Bringing to bear his expertise as a law professor, Fletcher reasons that the legal systems should defer to existing relationships of ong>loyaltyong>. Familial, professional, ong>anong>d religious loyalties should be respected as relationships beyond the limits of the law. Thus surrogate mothers should not be forced to surrender ong>anong>d betray their children, spouses should not be required to testify against each other in court, parents should not be prevented from willing their property to their children, ong>anong>d the religiously committed should not be forced to act contrary to conscience. Yet the question remains: Aren't ong>loyaltyong>, ong>anong>d particularly patriotism, dong>anong>gerously one-sided? Indeed, they are, but no more thong>anong> are love ong>anong>d friendship. The challenge, Fletcher maintains, is to overcome the distorting effects of impartial morality ong>anong>d to develop a morality of ong>loyaltyong> properly suited to our emotional ong>anong>d spiritual lives. Justice has its sphere, as do loyalties. In this book, Fletcher provides the first step toward a new way of thinking that recognizes the complexity of our moral ong>anong>d political lives.

Viable Values: A Study of Life as the Root and Reward of

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Smith, Tara, PUBLISHER: Rowmong>anong> & Littlefield Publishers, Viable Values examines the most basic foundations of value ong>anong>d morality, demonstrating the shortcomings of major traditional views ong>anong>d proposing that morality is grounded in the objective requirements of humong>anong> life. Smith argues that morality depends on a proper understong>anong>ding of the concept of values, ong>anong>d that values depend on the alternative of life or death. She proposes that humong>anong> beings need to be moral in order to live, explaining how life is the stong>anong>dard of morality, how flourishing is the proper end ong>anong>d reward of living morally, ong>anong>d how ong>anong> intelligent egoism is the path to flourishing.

Marriages & Families: Intimacy, Diversity, and Strengths

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Olson, David / DeFrain, John / Skogrong>anong>d, Linda, PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill Humong>anong>ities/Social Sciences/Long>anong>gua, ong>Anong> introductory text, "Marriages ong>anong>d Families" accentuates the positive aspects of relationships ong>anong>d focuses on enriching students' knowledge ong>anong>d experience in building strong, successful couple ong>anong>d family relationships. The authors, seasoned family scholars ong>anong>d therapists, integrate research, theory, ong>anong>d practical applications with ong>anong> interdisciplinary perspective on marriage ong>anong>d family. To enhong>anong>ce teaching ong>anong>d student learning, ong>anong> updated AWARE (Awareness of Attitudes ong>anong>d Relationships Expectations) Online computerized assessment contains 15 categories that match the chapters of the book.

An Essay on the Spirit and Influence of the Reformation by

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: de Charles, PUBLISHER: BiblioLife LLC, NA

The Lesson in Appreciation An Essay on the Pedagogics of

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Frong>anong>k Herbert Hayward, PUBLISHER: Kessinger Publishing LLC, NA

Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart" and Other Stories

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bloom, Harold, PUBLISHER: Chelsea House Publications, - Critical ong>essayong>s reflecting a variety of schools of criticism - Notes on the contributing critics, a chronology of the author's life, ong>anong>d ong>anong> index - ong>Anong> introductory ong>essayong> by Harold Bloom.

Causal Realism: An Essay on Philosophical Method and the

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Cahalong>anong>, John C., PUBLISHER: University Press of America, NOTE: Series number is not ong>anong> integer: n/a

Othello

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Shakespeare, William / Mowat, Barbara A. / Werstine, Paul, PUBLISHER: Washington Square Press, "Each edition includes: " - Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play - Full explong>anong>atory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play - Scene-by-scene plot summaries - A key to famous lines ong>anong>d phrases - ong>Anong> introduction to reading Shakespeare's long>anong>guage - ong>Anong> ong>essayong> by ong>anong> outstong>anong>ding scholar providing a modern perspective on the play - Illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare books "ong>Essayong> by" Susong>anong> Snyder The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., is home to the world's largest collection of Shakespeare's printed works, ong>anong>d a magnet for Shakespeare scholars from around the globe. In addition to exhibitions open to the public throughout the year, the Folger offers a full calendar of performong>anong>ces ong>anong>d programs. For more information, visit www.folger.edu.

The Ecological Theater and the Evolutionary Play

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hutchinson, G. Evelyn, PUBLISHER: Yale University Press, In the three lectures which give their title to this delightful collection of esays, the author of "The Enchong>anong>ted Voyage" ong>anong>d "The Itinerate Ivory Tower" turns his attention to the influence of the environment on the course of evolution. The first lecture considers the nature of the terrestrial biosphere, both as a unique phenomenon on earth ong>anong>d as one of a class of possible spaces on other bodies; the second examines the nature of the ecological niche; ong>anong>d the third discusses some of the possible environmental interactions of a single species, emphasis being placed on the extremely recondite nature of the selective forces that act on mong>anong>, as on other ong>anong>imals. ong>Anong>other of the pieces deals with the problem of the relation of natural beauty to works of art, particularly in the context of the similarities ong>anong>d differences apparent when natural history museums ong>anong>d art galleries are compared. The final ong>essayong>, "The Cream in the Gooseberry Fool," is ong>anong> account of the role of ong>anong> English country clergymong>anong> ong>anong>d of the Europeong>anong> magpie most in one of the most significong>anong>t early discoveries of genetics. Acquista Ora

European Review of Philosophy, 5: Emotion and Action

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Pacherie, Elizabeth / CSLI Publications, PUBLISHER: Center for the Study of Long>anong>guage ong>anong>d Informat, Recent years have seen ong>anong> explosion of interest in the study of emotion ong>anong>d cognition, ong>anong>d ong>anong> increasing rejection of the traditional philosophical prejudice against emotions as irrational or disruptive. The ong>essayong>s in this collection explore various facets of the relationships among emotion, action, rationality, ong>anong>d self-knowledge, with particular attention to three main sets of issues: the relationships between emotions ong>anong>d action, the roles emotion ong>anong>d action play in the development of self-awareness, ong>anong>d the rationality of emotions ong>anong>d emotional action.

An Introduction to Wisdom Literature and the Psalms

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Tucker, Dennis / Ballard, Wayne / Ballard, Jr. H. Wayne, PUBLISHER: Mercer University Press, Introduction to Wisdom Literature ong>anong>d the Psalms offers a unique approach to studying this material in the classroom. This book is a collection of ong>essayong>s that explore themes ong>anong>d background issues intended for the student of the Old Testament. Divided into two sections on the Psalms ong>anong>d Wisdom Literature, each section offers ong>anong> in-depth ong>essayong> on history of interpretation, forms of poetry, the text's relationship to the ong>anong>cient Near East, the cong>anong>onical shape of the material, the theology of the texts, ong>anong>d contemporary issues currently under scholarly investigation.

An Unpublished Essay of Edwards on the Trinity With Remarks

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: George Park Fisher, PUBLISHER: Kessinger Publishing LLC, NA

Essay on the Prevailing Methods of the Evangelization of the

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Needham Robert, PUBLISHER: BiblioLife LLC, NA

Tony Evans Speaks Out on Single Parenting

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Evong>anong>s, Tony, PUBLISHER: Moody Publishers, Morality. Relativity. Right ong>anong>d Wrong. These are the complicated issues we face today. Everyone has ong>anong> opinion, but who has the ong>anong>swer? Tony Evong>anong>s refuses to let the voice of God be drowned out amidst the clamor of the crowd.

The Short Story: The Reality of Artifice

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: May, Charles E., PUBLISHER: Routledge, The short story is one of the most difficult types of prose to write ong>anong>d one of the most pleasurable to read. From Boccaccio's Decameron to The Collected Stories of Reynolds Price, Charles May gives us ong>anong> understong>anong>ding of the history ong>anong>d structure of this demong>anong>ding form of fiction. Beginning with a general history of the genre, he moves on to focus on the nineteenth-century when the modern short story begong>anong> to come into focus. From there he moves on to later nineteenth-century realism ong>anong>d early twentieth-century formalism ong>anong>d finally to the modern renaissong>anong>ce of the form that shows no signs of abating. A chronology of significong>anong>t events, works ong>anong>d figures from the genre's history, notes ong>anong>d references ong>anong>d ong>anong> extensive bibliographic ong>essayong> with recommended reading round out the volume.

Much ADO about Nothing

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Shakespeare, William / Werstine, Paul / Mowat, Barbara A., PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster, FOLGER Shakespeare Library The world's leading center for Shakespeare studies "Each edition includes: " - Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play - Full explong>anong>atory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play - Scene-by-scene plot summaries - A key to famous lines ong>anong>d phrases - ong>Anong> introduction to reading Shakespeare's long>anong>guage - ong>Anong> ong>essayong> by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on the play - Illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare books "ong>Essayong> by" Gail Kern Paster The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., is home to theworld's largest collection of Shakespeare's printed works, ong>anong>d a magnet forShakespeare scholars from around the globe. In addition to exhibitions open tothe public throughout the year, the Folger offers a full calendar of performong>anong>cesong>anong>d programs. For more information, visit www.folger.edu.

Roots of Revolution: Radical Thought in Cuba

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Liss, Sheldon B., PUBLISHER: University of Nebraska Press, Concerned with what Cubong>anong> radicals have thought about their na-tion's protracted struggle for independence, Sheldon B. Liss looks at each one's mode of ong>anong>alysis, position on the class struggle, ideas on reform or revolution, ong>anong>d search for community. Each writer's beliefs about ethics, morality, religion, social mobility, political control, aesthetics, ong>anong>d quality of life are subjected to scrutiny by Liss. He also considers their views on Cubong>anong>-United States relations, their perceptions of the state ong>anong>d power, ong>anong>d their relationships to the meong>anong>s of production ong>anong>d workers' movements.

Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals: A Commentary

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Timmermong>anong>n, Jens / Timmermong>anong>n, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, The Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals is Kong>anong>t's central contribution to moral philosophy, ong>anong>d has inspired controversy ever since it was first published in . Kong>anong>t champions the insights of 'common humong>anong> understong>anong>ding' against what he sees as the dong>anong>gerous perversions of ethical theory. Morality is revealed to be a matter of humong>anong> autonomy: Kong>anong>t locates the source of the 'categorical imperative' within each ong>anong>d every humong>anong> will. However, he also portrays everyday morality in a way that mong>anong>y readers find difficult to accept. The Groundwork is a short book, but its argument is dense, intricate ong>anong>d at times treacherous. This commentary explains Kong>anong>t's arguments paragraph by paragraph, ong>anong>d also contains ong>anong> introduction, a synopsis of the argument, six short interpretative ong>essayong>s on key topics of the Groundwork, ong>anong>d a glossary of key terms. It will be ong>anong> indispensable tool for ong>anong>yone wishing to study the Groundwork in detail.

International Action Against Racial Discrimination

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bong>anong>ton, Michael P., PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, ong>Anong> introduction to the international law of racial discrimination, this book is the first to provide ong>anong> inside account of how a United Nations humong>anong> rights treaty body actually works. At the same time, it is ong>anong> introduction to the international law of racial discrimination. The book focuses on the practical operation ong>anong>d implementation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, emphasizing throughout the relationship between law ong>anong>d politics.

Varieties of Southern History: New Essays on a Region and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Salmond, John A. / Clayton, Bruce / Salmond, John, PUBLISHER: Praeger, This is a unique collection of ong>essayong>s by some of the world's leading historiong>anong>s of the South, together with work by younger scholars. All contributors, however, are working at the cutting edge of their particular methodological approaches. The book, for example, includes both ong>anong> ong>essayong> by Pulitzer Prize winner Rhys Isaac, ong>anong>d one by Rutgers University graduate student Beth Hale. Yet, both have a common concern to explore the reaches of the Southern past through the dimension of ethnography. The ong>essayong>s in the book are grouped according to theme. The largest section, the social sciences ong>anong>d Southern history, includes ong>essayong>s drawing heavily on the insights of ong>anong>thropology of ethnography ong>anong>d of statistical ong>anong>alysis. Each ong>essayong> in the second section is designed to illustrate how life history cong>anong> be used to illuminate much larger histoical themes ong>anong>d processes. The ong>essayong>s in the last section on labor in the "new" South all illustrate, among other things, the importong>anong>ce of drawing on the insights of historiong>anong>s of women in order to redress the masculinist presuppositons of labor historiong>anong>s. All the ong>essayong>s in the book, in fact, reflect current concerns with gender ong>anong>d race in the re-interpretation of the Southern past.

The Ivey Guide to Law School Admissions: Straight Advice on

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ivey, ong>Anong>na, PUBLISHER: Harvest Books, As deong>anong> of admissions at the University of Chicago Law School, ong>Anong>na Ivey decided the fate of thousong>anong>ds of law school applicong>anong>ts. In this book-the first of its kind by a former law school admissions officer-she draws on her expertise to cover topics from the application ong>anong>d the ong>essayong> to the interview ong>anong>d the recommendations, touching on hot-button issues like how much the LSAT, ethnicity, ong>anong>d age really matter. Offering ong>anong> insider's advice on how to produce the very best application, this guide gives straight ong>anong>swers to questions such as: -What kind of ong>essayong> should I write to set me apart from the rest of the pack? -Should I explain my low LSAT score, my D in chemistry, my attention deficit disorder, my time in rehab? - Is law school worth the debt I'll face when I graduate? Full of invaluable examples ong>anong>d ong>anong>ecdotes about real admissions decisions, The Ivey Guide to Law School Admissions is certain to become the new bible for would-be law students everywhere.

How Children Develop Social Understanding

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Carpendale, Jeremy / Lewis, Charlie, PUBLISHER: Blackwell Publishing Professional, This book provides a critical review of research into how children come to understong>anong>d the social world, ong>anong> area often known as children's "theories of mind." Takes ong>anong> integrated approach to the development of children's social understong>anong>ding Brings out the connections between mental state understong>anong>ding ong>anong>d children's understong>anong>ding of long>anong>guage, social skills, morality ong>anong>d emotions. Sets research within a historical ong>anong>d theoretical context Contributes unique insights ong>anong>d perspectives, particularly in its discussions of Piaget ong>anong>d Vygotsky, ong>anong>d in its Wittgensteiniong>anong> focus on the role of long>anong>guage.

The Early Modern Atlantic Economy

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: McCusker, John J. / Morgong>anong>, Kenneth O. / Morgong>anong>, Kenneth, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, This book throws new light on the interlocking commercial relationships of the Atlong>anong>tic trading world during the centuries ending with the Americong>anong> ong>anong>d French Revolutions. Grouped under four themes--the role of merchong>anong>ts ong>anong>d their connections; the development of trades; imperial economies; ong>anong>d colonial working societies--ong>anong>d written by ong>anong> international team of economic historiong>anong>s, these ong>essayong>s increase our knowledge ong>anong>d understong>anong>ding of the trong>anong>satlong>anong>tic economy. Contributions include studies of individual businessmen, labor patterns, port cities, brong>anong>ches of trade, ong>anong>d comparative studies of trading nations.

Without remorse

Tom Clong>anong>cy Clong>anong>cy shows how ong>anong> ordinary mong>anong> crossed the lines of justice ong>anong>d morality to become the CIA legend Mr. Clark.

Faust: The First Part of the Tragedy

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Goethe, Johong>anong>n Wolfgong>anong>g von / Constong>anong>tine, David / Byatt, A. S., PUBLISHER: Penguin Books, Goethe viewed the writing of poetry as essentially autobiographical, ong>anong>d the works selected in this volume represent more thong>anong> sixty years in the life of the poet. In early poems such as aPrometheus, a he rails against religion in ong>anong> almost ecstatic fervor, while aTo the Moona is ong>anong> enigmatic meditation on the end of a love affair. The "Romong>anong> Elegies" show Goetheas use of Classical meters in ong>anong> homage to ong>anong>cient Rome ong>anong>d its poets, ong>anong>d aThe Diary, a suppressed for more thong>anong> a century, is a narrative poem whose eroticism is combined with its morality. In selections from "Faust," arguably his greatest ong>anong>d most personal work, Goethe creates ong>anong> exhilarating depiction of humong>anong>kindas eternal search for truth. aFaithful ong>anong>d felicitous, these verse trong>anong>slations... are ong>anong> excellent introduction to Goetheas] genius.a a"The Daily Telegraph" (London)

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