Monographie

Gratitude toward veterans : why Americans should not be very grateful to veterans / Stephen Kershnar

Type de contenu

• Texte

Type de médiation

• sans médiation

Titre(s)

• Gratitude toward veterans : why Americans should not be very grateful to veterans / Stephen Kershnar

Auteur(s)

• Kershnar, Stephen

Editeur, producteur

• Lanham (Md.) : Boulder (Colo.) : New York (N.Y.) [etc.] : Lexington books, cop. 2014

Description matérielle

• 1 vol. (XV-141 p.) : tabl. ; 24 cm

ISBN

• 978-0-7391-8578-0
• 0-7391-8578-0

EAN

• 9780739185780 rel.

Autre variante du titre

• [Why Americans should not be very grateful to veterans.]

Classification décimale Dewey

• 362.860 973

Note sur les bibliographies et les index

• Bibliogr. p. 129-136. Notes bibliogr. Index

Note sur le contenu

• The American people are very grateful to veterans Argument Objection Conclusion Collective gratitude Gratitude The essence of gratitude Conclusion We should not be very grateful to veterans Argument for thesis #1 Conclusion We should not be very grateful to draftees Less or no gratitude for drafted veterans Objections Conclusion Against the draft The draft is wrong Objections The irrelevance of the draft to wartime killing and destruction Conclusion In the future, U.S. citizens should avoid being grateful to veterans Argument Defense of premises Objections Conclusion The duty to obey military orders is surprisingly weak Concepts Argument Metaphysical objections Epistemic objections Role-relative and group duties Implications of the thesis Conclusion Lacking gratitude and virtue Vice and the lack of significant gratitude

Sujet - Nom commun

• Anciens combattants -- États-Unis
• Relations pouvoir civil-pouvoir militaire -- États-Unis
• Gratitude

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