Loyalty : an essay on the morality of relationships / George P. Fletcher
- Bib ID:
- 2586729
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Fletcher, George P
- Description:
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- New York : Oxford University Press, 1993
- xii, 211 p. ; 22 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0195070267 (alkaline paper)
- Full contents:
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- Ch. 1. The Historical Self. Friendship and Loyalty. Betrayal. The Loyal and the Liberal. Obligations of the Historical Self. Divergent Senses of Loyalty
- Ch. 2. Three Dimensions of Loyalty. The Loyalty of Love. Group Loyalty. Loyalty to gods and God
- Ch. 3. Minimal Loyalty: "Thou Shalt Not Betray Me" The History of Treason. Crimes of the Heart. Who Must Be Loyal and Why. Pluralism and Loyalty
- Ch. 4. Maximum Loyalty: "Thou Shalt Be One with Me" Patriotism. Loyalty Oaths. Ritual and Idolatry. Sexual Loyalty
- Ch. 5. Loyalty as Privacy. Testimonial Privileges. Surrogate Motherhood. Gift Giving and Inheritance. The Free Exercise of Religion
- Ch. 6. Teaching Loyalty. The French Analogue to the Pledge Dispute. From Neutrality to Respecting Differences. The Barnette Opinion. Rereading Barnette in the 1960s. Further Misreading?
- Ch. 7. Rights, Duties, and the Flag. The Problem of Criminal Punishment. The Arguments against Protecting the Flag.
- Three Strategies for Protecting the Flag
- Ch. 8. Enlightened Loyalty. Loyalty to Loyalty. Higher and Lower Loyalties. Intersecting Circles. When Justice Prevails. When Impartial Morality Prevails. Kant's Utopianism. Utilitarian Purity. Impartial Morality: The Derived Maxims. Is This the Final Word.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-202) and index.
- Subject:
- Loyalty
- Copyright:
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