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Modern Honor - A Philosophical Defense (Paperback): Anthony Cunningham Modern Honor - A Philosophical Defense (Paperback)
Anthony Cunningham
R1,525 Discovery Miles 15 250 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book examines the notion of honor with an eye to dissecting its intellectual demise and with the aim of making a case for honor's rehabilitation. Western intellectuals acknowledge honor's influence, but they lament its authority. For Western democratic societies to embrace honor, it must be compatible with social ideals like liberty, equality, and fraternity. Cunningham details a conception of honor that can do justice to these ideals. This vision revolves around three elements-character (being), relationships (relating), and activities and accomplishment (doing). Taken together, these elements articulate a shared aspiration for excellence. We can turn the tables on traditional ills of honor-serious problems of gender, race, and class-by forging a vision of honor that rejects lives predicated on power and oppression.

Modern Honor - A Philosophical Defense (Hardcover): Anthony Cunningham Modern Honor - A Philosophical Defense (Hardcover)
Anthony Cunningham
R4,439 Discovery Miles 44 390 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book examines the notion of honor with an eye to dissecting its intellectual demise and with the aim of making a case for honor's rehabilitation. Western intellectuals acknowledge honor's influence, but they lament its authority. For Western democratic societies to embrace honor, it must be compatible with social ideals like liberty, equality, and fraternity. Cunningham details a conception of honor that can do justice to these ideals. This vision revolves around three elements-character (being), relationships (relating), and activities and accomplishment (doing). Taken together, these elements articulate a shared aspiration for excellence. We can turn the tables on traditional ills of honor-serious problems of gender, race, and class-by forging a vision of honor that rejects lives predicated on power and oppression.

Ethics, Literature, and Theory - An Introductory Reader (Hardcover, Revised): Stephen K. George Ethics, Literature, and Theory - An Introductory Reader (Hardcover, Revised)
Stephen K. George; Foreword by Wayne C. Booth; Contributions by Dudley Barlow, Orson Scott Card, Anthony Cunningham, …
R4,551 Discovery Miles 45 510 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Ethics, Literature, and Theory: An Introductory Reader brings together the work of contemporary scholars, teachers, and writers into lively discussion on the moral role of literature and the relationship between aesthetics, art, and ethics. Do the rich descriptions and narrative shapings of literature provide a valuable resource for readers, writers, philosophers, and everyday people to imagine and confront the ultimate questions of life? Do the human activities of storytelling and complex moral decision-making have a deep connection? What are the moral responsibilities of the artist, critic, and reader? What can religious perspectives_from Catholic to Protestant to Mormon_contribute to literary criticism? What do we mean when we talk about ethical criticism and how does this differ from the common notion of censorship? Thirty well known contributors reflect on these questions including: literary theorists Marshall Gregory, James Phelan, and Wayne Booth; philosophers Martha Nussbaum, Richard Hart, and Nina Rosenstand; and authors John Updike, Charles Johnson, Flannery O'Connor, and Bernard Malamud. Divided into four sections, with introductory matter and questions for discussion, this accessible anthology represents the most crucial work today exploring the interdisciplinary connections among literature, religion and philosophy.

The "Titanic" Diaries - Dramatic Accounts of Shipwreck Survival (Paperback): Anthony Cunningham The "Titanic" Diaries - Dramatic Accounts of Shipwreck Survival (Paperback)
Anthony Cunningham
R558 Discovery Miles 5 580 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A childhood fascination of shipwrecks and a meeting with Millvina Dean, the youngest Titanic survivor, inspired the author to meet more survivors of both the titanic and other disasters. They are the people who tell the stories here - all tales of overcoming adversity and personal loss and living and moving on in the aftermath.

Honor in the Modern World - Interdisciplinary Perspectives (Paperback): Laurie M. Johnson, Dan Demetriou Honor in the Modern World - Interdisciplinary Perspectives (Paperback)
Laurie M. Johnson, Dan Demetriou; Contributions by Anthony Cunningham, Dan Demetriou, Amitai Etzioni, …
R1,889 Discovery Miles 18 890 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

After a century-long hiatus, honor is back. Academics, pundits, and everyday citizens alike are rediscovering the importance of this ancient and powerful human motive. This volume brings together some of the foremost researchers of honor to debate honor's meaning and its compatibility with liberalism, democracy, and modernity. Contributors-representing philosophy, sociology, political science, history, psychology, leadership studies, and military science-examine honor past to present, from masculine and feminine perspectives, and in North American, European, and African contexts. Topics include the role of honor in the modern military, the effects of honor on our notions of the dignity and "purity" of women, honor as a quality of good statesmen and citizens, honor's role in international relations and community norms, and how honor's egalitarian and elitist aspects intersect with democratic and liberal regimes.

Honor in the Modern World - Interdisciplinary Perspectives (Hardcover): Laurie M. Johnson, Dan Demetriou Honor in the Modern World - Interdisciplinary Perspectives (Hardcover)
Laurie M. Johnson, Dan Demetriou; Contributions by Anthony Cunningham, Dan Demetriou, Amitai Etzioni, …
R4,242 Discovery Miles 42 420 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

After a century-long hiatus, honor is back. Academics, pundits, and everyday citizens alike are rediscovering the importance of this ancient and powerful human motive. This volume brings together some of the foremost researchers of honor to debate honor's meaning and its compatibility with liberalism, democracy, and modernity. Contributors-representing philosophy, sociology, political science, history, psychology, leadership studies, and military science-examine honor past to present, from masculine and feminine perspectives, and in North American, European, and African contexts. Topics include the role of honor in the modern military, the effects of honor on our notions of the dignity and "purity" of women, honor as a quality of good statesmen and citizens, honor's role in international relations and community norms, and how honor's egalitarian and elitist aspects intersect with democratic and liberal regimes.

The Heart of What Matters - The Role for Literature in Moral Philosophy (Paperback): Anthony Cunningham The Heart of What Matters - The Role for Literature in Moral Philosophy (Paperback)
Anthony Cunningham
R1,107 Discovery Miles 11 070 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"The Heart of What Matters" shows that literature has a powerful and unique role to play in understanding life's deepest ethical problems. Anthony Cunningham provides a rigorous critique of Kantian ethics, which has enjoyed a preeminent place in moral philosophy in the United States, arguing that it does not do justice to the reality of our lives. He demonstrates how fine literature can play an important role in honing our capacity to see clearly and choose wisely as he develops a moral philosophy that engages with our intimate emotional concerns. Written in an accessible style and drawing from a provocative body of contemporary literature, this book shows how moral philosophy can reach a far wider audience than it has.
In part one of this book, Cunningham sketches out the theoretical basis for a redefined conception of moral philosophy. In part two, he engages in extended analyses of novels that address significant life and character issues, specifically Kazuo Ishiguro's "The Remains of the Day, " Toni Morrison's "Beloved, " and Zora Neale Hurston's "Their Eyes Were Watching God" and "Seraph on the Suwanee." Cunningham shows exactly how works like these can inform moral philosophy. Drawing from film, history, psychology, and other social sciences in addition to literature, this book adds to the growing number of works that use literature for ethical analysis and to the growing controversy over Kantian ethics.

Ethics, Literature, Theory - Second Edition (Paperback, Revised): Stephen K. George Ethics, Literature, Theory - Second Edition (Paperback, Revised)
Stephen K. George; Foreword by Wayne C. Booth; Contributions by Dudley Barlow, Orson Scott Card, Anthony Cunningham, …
R2,072 Discovery Miles 20 720 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Ethics, Literature, and Theory: An Introductory Reader brings together the work of contemporary scholars, teachers, and writers into lively discussion on the moral role of literature and the relationship between aesthetics, art, and ethics. Do the rich descriptions and narrative shapings of literature provide a valuable resource for readers, writers, philosophers, and everyday people to imagine and confront the ultimate questions of life? Do the human activities of storytelling and complex moral decision-making have a deep connection? What are the moral responsibilities of the artist, critic, and reader? What can religious perspectives-from Catholic to Protestant to Mormon-contribute to literary criticism? What do we mean when we talk about ethical criticism and how does this differ from the common notion of censorship? Thirty well known contributors reflect on these questions including: literary theorists Marshall Gregory, James Phelan, and Wayne Booth; philosophers Martha Nussbaum, Richard Hart, and Nina Rosenstand; and authors John Updike, Charles Johnson, Flannery O'Connor, and Bernard Malamud. Divided into four sections, with introductory matter and questions for discussion, this accessible anthology represents the most crucial work today exploring the interdisciplinary connections among literature, religion and philosophy.

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