Sacrifice and Value: A Kantian Interpretation

Sidney Axinn

doi:10.5771/9780739140550

Summary

Sacrifice and Value: A Kantian Interpretation argues that we create values by making sacrifices. Values don't exist outside of us; they exist only when we give a gift without expecting a return. As Sidney Axinn demonstrates, we must have values in order to make decisions, to have friends or lovers, and to choose goals of any sort. Sacrifice is basic to almost everything of importance: care, love, religion, patriotism, loyalties, warfare, friendship, gift giving, morality. Axin uses Aristotle, Cicero, and Kant, and contemporary philosophers Oldenquest, Frankfurt, Friedman, Starobinski and others to analyze the role of sacrifice. A novel feature is the attention given to Kant's use of sacrifice. Sacrifice and Value will interest advanced students and scholars of philosophy_particularly value theory and moral theory_as well as women's studies, religion, political theory, and psychology.

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Edition: 1/2010
Copyright Year: 2010
ISBN-Print: 978-0-7391-4053-6
ISBN-Online: 978-0-7391-4055-0
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 144
Product Type: Monograph

1. Contents No access
2. Preface No access
Chapter 01. Introduction No access Pages 1 - 8
Chapter 02. Sacrifice and the Creation of Inherent Value No access Pages 9 - 24
Chapter 03. Care and Sacrifice No access Pages 25 - 34
Chapter 04. Love No access Pages 35 - 42
Chapter 05. Religion and Sacrifice No access Pages 43 - 56
Chapter 06. Patriotism No access Pages 57 - 70
Chapter 07. Business and Other Loyalties No access Pages 71 - 78
Chapter 08. Friendship No access Pages 79 - 84
Chapter 09. Gifts No access Pages 85 - 94
Chapter 10. Pluralism versus Fanaticism: The Need for More than One Absolute Value No access Pages 95 - 108
Chapter 11. Kant’s Use of Sacrifice No access Pages 109 - 116
Chapter 12. Relations to Certain Other Theories and Issues No access Pages 117 - 126
Chapter 13. Conclusions No access Pages 127 - 132
Bibliography No access Pages 133 - 138
Index No access Pages 139 - 142
About the Author No access Pages 143 - 144