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Welsh, Alexander.

What is honor? a question of moral imperatives / [electronic resource] : Alexander Welsh. - New Haven : Yale University Press, c2008. - xxii, 228 p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-222) and index.

On moralities of obedience and respect -- Help from anthropology and psychology -- Respect in the ethics of Aristotle -- Cicero's mediation of the same -- Shakespeare's recourse to Roman honor -- His Antony, Cleopatra, and Coriolanus -- Honor by that name in Mandeville and Montesquieu -- Leveling down in Enlightenment fiction -- Coming of age in neoclassical drama -- And how Rousseau's Emile comes of age -- Kant's engagement with honor -- Parallels to Kant's moral philosophy -- Respect and Adam Smith's impartial spectator -- Adam Smith and recent social science -- Coming to terms with honor in philosophy.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

ISBN:

LCCN:

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA858907 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Honor.
Conduct of life.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: BJ1533.H8 / W45 2008eb

Dewey Class. No.: 170