Why Honor Matters

by Tamler Sommers

Book Overview

A controversial call to put honor at the center of morality To the modern mind, the idea of honor is outdated, sexist, and barbaric. It evokes Hamilton and Burr and pistols at dawn, not visions of a well-organized society. But for philosopher Tamler Sommers, a sense of honor is essential to living moral lives. In Why Honor Matters , Sommers argues that our collective rejection of honor has come at great cost. Reliant only on Enlightenment liberalism,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465098878
• ISBN13: 9780465098873
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.4"