Few topics are more ubiquitous in everyday life and, at the same time, more controversial in practice, than that of one's moral obligation to loyalty. Featuring essays by scholars working in a variety of subjects from law to psychology, Loyalty presents diverse perspectives on dilemmas posed by potential conflicts between loyalties to specific institutions or professional roles and more universalistic conceptions of moral duty. The volume begins with a philosophical exploration of theories of loyalty, both Eastern and Western, then moves to examine several problematic situations in which loyalty is often a factor: partisan politics, the armed forces, and lawyer-client relationships. A fair and balanced analysis from a wide range of disciplinary and normative viewpoints, Loyalty infuses new life into an oft-tread avenue of scholarly inquiry.
Contributors: Ryan K. Balot, Paul O. Carrese, Yasmin Dawood, Bernard Gert, Kathleen M. Higgins, Sanford Levinson, Daniel Markovits, Lynn Mather, Russell Muirhead, Nancy Sherman, Paul Woodruff

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Presents diverse perspectives on dilemmas posed by potential conflicts between loyalties to specific institutions or professional roles and more universalistic conceptions of moral duty
Preface Sanford LevinsonContributors PART I. CONCEPTIONS OF LOYALTY 1. Loyalty and Morality Bernard Gert 2. Loyalty from a Confucian Perspective Kathleen M. Higgins 3. In Place of Loyalty: Friendship and Adversary Politics in Classical GreecePaul WoodruffPART II. LOYALTY AND THE LAW 4. Lawyerly Fidelity Daniel Markovits 5. Lawyerly Fidelity: An Ethical and Empirical Critique Lynn MatherPART III. MILITARY LOYALTY 6. A Fractured Fidelity to Cause Nancy Sherman 7. The Psychology of Just and Unjust Wars: Response to ShermanRyan K. Balotviii 8. For Constitution and Profession: Paradoxes of Military Service in a Liberal DemocracyPaul O. CarresePART IV. PARTISAN LOYALTY 9. The Case for Party Loyalty Russell Muirhead 10. Democracy and the Problem of the Partisan State Yasmin DawoodIndex
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Presents diverse perspectives on dilemmas posed by potential conflicts between loyalties to specific institutions or professional roles and more universalistic conceptions of moral duty

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780814785935
Publisert
2013-05-10
Utgiver
New York University Press
Vekt
476 gr
Høyde
210 mm
Bredde
140 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
304

Biografisk notat

Sanford V. Levinson is W. St. John Garwood and W. St. John Garwood, Jr. Regents Chair in Law and Professor of Government at the University of Texas, Austin. He is the author or co-author of many books, including Framed: America's 51 Constitutions and the Crisis of Governance and Our Undemocratic Constitution: Where the Constitution Goes Wrong (And How We the People Can Correct It).

Paul Woodruff is former dean of the School of Undergraduate Studies and currently Darrell K. Royal Professor
in Ethics and American Society at the University of Texas at Austin. His latest book is The Ajax Dilemma: Justice, Fairness and Rewards.

Joel Parker is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Political Science and Geography at the University of Texas at San Antonio.