The Contours of a Problematic Virtue
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Köp båda 2 för 912 krNotre Dame Philosophical Reviews John Kleinig's book is a thoughtful and thorough examination of loyalty and its ethical significance. It presents an original account of loyalty's place among the virtues and insightful discussions of several difficult questions on which considerations of loyalty bear, ranging across professional and applied ethics and social and political philosophy.
Diane Jeske, Australasian Journal of Philosophy. This is a thought-provoking work that deserves to be read by anyone interested in the philosophical import of associational ties.
John Kleinig is a philosopher who taught in Australia until 1986 -- working mostly on moral and social philosophy -- when he moved to John Jay College of Criminal Justice, the City University of New York, where he taught mainly police ethics and social philosophy. Recently retired from CUNY, he remains as Strategic Research Professor and Professor of Policing Ethics at Charles Sturt University in Australia.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; INTRODUCTION ; PART I ; 1. TOPOGRAPHY ; 2. NEIGHBORHOOD ; 3. STATUS ; 4. RATIONALE ; 5. PARTICULARITY ; 6. OPPOSITIONS ; 7. LIMITS ; PART II ; 8. FRIENDS ; 9. FAMILY ; 10. ORGANIZATION ; 11. PROFESSION ; 12. TRIBE/NATION ; 13. COUNTRY ; 14. GOD ; CONCLUDING NOTE ; REFERENCES ; INDEXES