Sacrifice and Value
A Kantian Interpretation
1st Edition
Published on 14. October 2010
154 pages
978-0-7391-4055-0 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-0-7391-4055-0 (9780739140550)
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Book
10/2010
Lexington Books
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Person
Sidney Axinn is emeritus professor of philosophy at Temple University and courtesy professor of philosophy at the University of South Florida. He is author of The Logic of Hope: Extensions of Kant's View of Religion and A Moral Military and co-editor of Autonomy and Community: Readings in Contemporary Kantian Social Philosophy.
Content
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Sacrifice and the Creation of Intrinsic Value
Chapter 3. Care and Sacrifice
Chapter 4. Love
Chapter 5. Religion and Sacrifice
Chapter 6. Patriotism
Chapter 7. Business and Other Loyalties
Chapter 8. Friendship
Chapter 9. Gifts
Chapter 10. Pluralism vs. Fanaticism: The Need for More than One Inherent Value
Chapter 11. Kant's Use of Sacrifice
Chapter 12. Relations to Certain Significant Theories and Issues
Chapter 13. Conclusions
Chapter 2. Sacrifice and the Creation of Intrinsic Value
Chapter 3. Care and Sacrifice
Chapter 4. Love
Chapter 5. Religion and Sacrifice
Chapter 6. Patriotism
Chapter 7. Business and Other Loyalties
Chapter 8. Friendship
Chapter 9. Gifts
Chapter 10. Pluralism vs. Fanaticism: The Need for More than One Inherent Value
Chapter 11. Kant's Use of Sacrifice
Chapter 12. Relations to Certain Significant Theories and Issues
Chapter 13. Conclusions
