What is honor? a question of moral imperatives /

Welsh, Alexander

What is honor? a question of moral imperatives / [Texte imprimé] : Alexander Welsh - New Haven : Yale University Press, cop. 2008 - 1 vol. (xxii-228 p.) ; 25 cm

Index

Bibliogr. p. 213-222

On moralities of obedience and respect -- Help from anthropology and psychology -- Respect in the ethics of Aristotle -- Cicero's mediation of the same -- Shakespeare's recourse to Roman honor -- His Antony, Cleopatra, and Coriolanus -- Honor by that name in Mandeville and Montesquieu -- Leveling down in Enlightenment fiction -- Coming of age in neoclassical drama -- And how Rousseau's Emile comes of age -- Kant's engagement with honor -- Parallels to Kant's moral philosophy -- Respect and Adam Smith's impartial spectator -- Adam Smith and recent social science -- Coming to terms with honor in philosophy

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Honor Conduct of life

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