Loyalty to Loyalty: Josiah Royce and the Genuine Moral Life

Mathew A. Foust

Published by Fordham University Press 2012

Loyalty to Loyalty

Josiah Royce and the Genuine Moral Life

Mathew A. Foust

In the series American Philosophy

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780823292110

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As a virtue, loyalty has an ambiguous place in our thinking about moral judgments. We lauded the loyalty of firefighters who risked their lives to save others on 9/11 while condemning the loyalty of those who perpetrated the catastrophe. Responding to such uneasiness and confusion, Loyalty to Loyalty contributes to ongoing conversation about how we should respond to conflicts in loyalty in a pluralistic world. The lone philosopher to base an ethical theory on the virtue of loyalty is Josiah Royce. Loyalty to Loyalty engages Royce’s moral theory, revealing how loyalty, rather than being just one virtue among others, is central to living a genuinely moral and meaningful life. Mathew A. Foust shows how the theory of loyalty Royce advances can be brought to bear on issues such as the partiality/impartiality debate in ethical theory, the role of loyalty in liberatory struggle, and the ethics of whistleblowing and disaster response.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Introduction. The Treachery and Ambivalence of Loyalty Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
One. Loyalty, Justice, Virtue Contemporary Debates Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	10
Two. The Nature of Loyalty Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	26
Three. Loyalty to Loyalty Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
Four. Learning Loyalty Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	82
Five. Loyalty and Community Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	110
Six. Disloyalty Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	136
Seven. Loyalty, Disaster, Business: Contemporary Applications Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
Conclusion: The Need for Loyalty Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
American Philosophy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	213

Language: English
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
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- Main content: 236

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Published: March 24, 2022
ISBN: 9780823292110