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

Utgivningsdatum2010-10-14
Mått163 x 241 x 16 mm
Vikt404 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor154
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9780739140536

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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

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.