Veterans are celebrated with speeches, statues, memorials, holidays, and affirmative action. They are lavishly praised in public gatherings and private conversations. Contradicting this widespread attitude, Stephen Kershnar’s Gratitude toward Veterans: A Philosophical Explanation of Why American Should Not Be Very Grateful to Veterans argues that U.S. citizens should not be very grateful to veterans.
Veterans are celebrated with speeches, statues, memorials, holidays, and affirmative action. They are lavishly praised in public gatherings and private conversations. Contradicting this widespread attitude, Stephen Kershnar’s Gratitude toward Veterans: A Philosophical Explanation of Why American Should Not Be Very Grateful to Veterans argues that U.S. citizens should not be very grateful to veterans.
Stephen Kershnar is a professor of philosophy at the State University of New York at Fredonia and also an attorney. His research focuses on applied ethics and political philosophy. He has written on such diverse topics as affirmative action, abortion, punishment, pornography, God, interrogational torture, the most valuable player in professional sports, hell, discrimination against women, and Batman.
Inhaltsangabe
Chapter 1: The American People are Very Grateful to Veterans Chapter 2: Collective Gratitude Chapter 3: We Should Not Be Very Grateful to Veterans Chapter 4: We Should Not Be Very Grateful to Draftees Chapter 5: Against the Draft Chapter 6: In the Future, U.S. Citizens Should Avoid Being Grateful to Veterans Chapter 7: The Duty to Obey Military Orders is Surprisingly Weak Chapter 8: Lacking Gratitude and Virtue Appendix 1: Why it is Bad to be Very Grateful to Someone Who Does Not Merit It Appendix 2: Gratitude Toward the State Should Flow Through to the Military Appendix 3: Some Colleagues' Objections
Chapter 1: The American People are Very Grateful to Veterans Chapter 2: Collective Gratitude Chapter 3: We Should Not Be Very Grateful to Veterans Chapter 4: We Should Not Be Very Grateful to Draftees Chapter 5: Against the Draft Chapter 6: In the Future, U.S. Citizens Should Avoid Being Grateful to Veterans Chapter 7: The Duty to Obey Military Orders is Surprisingly Weak Chapter 8: Lacking Gratitude and Virtue Appendix 1: Why it is Bad to be Very Grateful to Someone Who Does Not Merit It Appendix 2: Gratitude Toward the State Should Flow Through to the Military Appendix 3: Some Colleagues' Objections
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