Sacrifice and Value

A Kantian Interpretation

Inbunden, Engelska, 2010

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Sacrifice and Value: A Kantian Interpretation argues that we create values by making sacrifices. Values don't exist outside of us; they exist only when we give a gift without expecting a return. As Sidney Axinn demonstrates, we must have values in order to make decisions, to have friends or lovers, and to choose goals of any sort. Sacrifice is basic to almost everything of importance: care, love, religion, patriotism, loyalties, warfare, friendship, gift giving, morality. Axin uses Aristotle, Cicero, and Kant, and contemporary philosophers Oldenquest, Frankfurt, Friedman, Starobinski and others to analyze the role of sacrifice. A novel feature is the attention given to Kant's use of sacrifice. Sacrifice and Value will interest advanced students and scholars of philosophy—particularly value theory and moral theory—as well as women's studies, religion, political theory, and psychology.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2010-10-14
Mått:163 x 241 x 16 mm
Vikt:404 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:154
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780739140536

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Filosofiska discipliner inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Sidney Axinn is emeritus professor of philosophy at Temple University and courtesy professor of philosophy at the University of South Florida. He is author of The Logic of Hope: Extensions of Kant's View of Religion and A Moral Military and co-editor of Autonomy and Community: Readings in Contemporary Kantian Social Philosophy.

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Professor Axinn’s thoughtful discussion of the meaning and importance of sacrifice offers the provocative claim that our willingness to sacrifice produces what has absolute value for us. His wide reading and non-pedantic, conversational style make his ideas about love, loyalty, military ethics and his allusions to a range of philosophers from Protagoras and Kant to contemporary ethicists accessible to any serious reader.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1. IntroductionChapter 2. Sacrifice and the Creation of Intrinsic ValueChapter 3. Care and SacrificeChapter 4. LoveChapter 5. Religion and SacrificeChapter 6. PatriotismChapter 7. Business and Other LoyaltiesChapter 8. FriendshipChapter 9. GiftsChapter 10. Pluralism vs. Fanaticism: The Need for More than One Inherent ValueChapter 11. Kant's Use of SacrificeChapter 12. Relations to Certain Significant Theories and IssuesChapter 13. Conclusions