The Philosophy of Loyalty
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The Philosophy of Loyalty is a 1908 philosophical work by Josiah Royce that explores loyalty as the central moral principle guiding individual character and social ethics.
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| The Philosophy of Loyalty canonical | 2 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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philosophical work ⓘ |
| addresses |
ethical evaluation of causes
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problem of conflicting loyalties ⓘ relationship between individual and community ⓘ |
| aimsTo | provide a systematic ethics based on loyalty ⓘ |
| arguesThat |
loyalty is the heart of all moral life
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moral duties are grounded in loyalty to causes ⓘ |
| author | Josiah Royce NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralConcept | loyalty as the basic moral principle ⓘ |
| contributesTo |
social philosophy
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theory of moral obligation ⓘ virtue theory ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| defines | loyalty as the willing and practical devotion of a person to a cause ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | print ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
ethical obligations
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individual character ⓘ social relations ⓘ |
| genre |
ethics literature
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moral philosophy ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
20th-century discussions of virtue ethics
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philosophy of community ⓘ |
| hasPart |
account of loyalty to a cause
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analysis of the nature of loyalty ⓘ discussion of conflicts of loyalty ⓘ treatment of community and social order ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
American idealism
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pragmatism ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
professional philosophers
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students of ethics ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
loyalty
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moral philosophy ⓘ social ethics ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
American philosophy
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idealism ⓘ |
| proposes | loyalty as the central virtue of ethics ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1908 ⓘ |
| publisher | Macmillan Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
The Problem of Christianity
NERFINISHED
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The World and the Individual NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setsOutTo | reconstruct ethics around the concept of loyalty ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfPhilosophicalContext | early 20th century ⓘ |
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