John Kleinig
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- May 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780199371259
- eISBN:
- 9780199371280
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199371259.001.0001
- Subject:
- Philosophy, Moral Philosophy, General
This book provides an examination of the nature and virtuousness of loyalty and of some of its primary associations: friends, families, organizations, professions, nations, countries (patriotism), ...
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This book provides an examination of the nature and virtuousness of loyalty and of some of its primary associations: friends, families, organizations, professions, nations, countries (patriotism), and religion (absolute loyalty). Loyalty is distinguished from its cognates and contrasts, its role in human associative life is articulated, and its status as a virtue is defended. The particularist–universalist debate is addressed, the idea of a loyal opposition explored, and its limits defined.Less
This book provides an examination of the nature and virtuousness of loyalty and of some of its primary associations: friends, families, organizations, professions, nations, countries (patriotism), and religion (absolute loyalty). Loyalty is distinguished from its cognates and contrasts, its role in human associative life is articulated, and its status as a virtue is defended. The particularist–universalist debate is addressed, the idea of a loyal opposition explored, and its limits defined.
Judith N. Shklar
Samantha Ashenden and Andreas Hess (eds)
- Published in print:
- 2019
- Published Online:
- September 2019
- ISBN:
- 9780300214994
- eISBN:
- 9780300245417
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300214994.003.0020
- Subject:
- Philosophy, Political Philosophy
Exile marks a boundary in relation to obligation and loyalty. While in classical times exile sometimes served democratic aims and purposes, as Shklar illustrates with reference to the practices of ...
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Exile marks a boundary in relation to obligation and loyalty. While in classical times exile sometimes served democratic aims and purposes, as Shklar illustrates with reference to the practices of ostracism, in modern times exile and its conditions are very differently conceived. The author demonstrates the varieties and complications of modern exile by drawing on a number of modern cases, such as the Dreyfus affair, the case of the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, the treatment of Jews in World War II, and Willy Brandt and the possibilities of resistance against the Nazi regime.Less
Exile marks a boundary in relation to obligation and loyalty. While in classical times exile sometimes served democratic aims and purposes, as Shklar illustrates with reference to the practices of ostracism, in modern times exile and its conditions are very differently conceived. The author demonstrates the varieties and complications of modern exile by drawing on a number of modern cases, such as the Dreyfus affair, the case of the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, the treatment of Jews in World War II, and Willy Brandt and the possibilities of resistance against the Nazi regime.
Judith N. Shklar
Samantha Ashenden and Andreas Hess (eds)
- Published in print:
- 2019
- Published Online:
- September 2019
- ISBN:
- 9780300214994
- eISBN:
- 9780300245417
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300214994.003.0016
- Subject:
- Philosophy, Political Philosophy
This chapter focuses on the problem of unconditional loyalty and looks at the case of slavery and the problems it caused for the relatively young American democracy. More specifically, Shklar ...
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This chapter focuses on the problem of unconditional loyalty and looks at the case of slavery and the problems it caused for the relatively young American democracy. More specifically, Shklar discusses abolition and calls for civil disobedience as a legitimate form of response to such a challenge. Thoreau in particular is discussed in this context.Less
This chapter focuses on the problem of unconditional loyalty and looks at the case of slavery and the problems it caused for the relatively young American democracy. More specifically, Shklar discusses abolition and calls for civil disobedience as a legitimate form of response to such a challenge. Thoreau in particular is discussed in this context.
