Kwame Anthony Appiah The honor code

how moral revolutions happen

Rooting his analysis firmly in historical manifestations of honor Appiah offers four case studies in what he calls moral revolutions, attesting to how altering notions of honor can provoke positive changes in social behavior. Codes of honor surrounding dueling, Chinese foot binding, the Atlantic slave trade, and the ongoing practice of honor killing in contemporary Pakistan are all examined to reveal the various dimensions of honor as it relates to notions of respect, shame, and dignity. Appiah argues...

Engels | 264 pagina's | Norton, New York, N.Y. [etc.] | 2010

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Kwame Anthony Appiah Experiments in ethics

Filosofisch betoog waarin de dialoog tussen empirisch onderzoek en ethiek wordt bepleit.

Non-fictie

Engels | 274 pagina's | Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA [etc.] | 2008

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Kwame Anthony Appiah In my father's house

Africa in the philosophy of culture

Engels | 366 pagina's | Methuen, London | 1992

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Anthony Appiah Assertion and conditionals

Engels | 265 pagina's | Cambridge University Press, Cambridge [etc.] | 1985

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