On Loyalty And Loyalties: The Contours Of A Problematic Virtue

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.

• | Author: John Kleinig
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: May 30, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 326 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0199371261
• | ISBN-13: 9780199371266