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Featuring essays by scholars working in a variety of subjects, this book presents diverse perspectives on dilemmas posed by potential conflicts between loyalties to specific institutions or professional roles and more universalistic conceptions of moral duty. This book begins with a philosophical exploration of theories of loyalty, both Eastern and Western, and then moves on to examine several problematic situations in which loyalty is often a factor: partisan politics, the armed forces, and lawyer-client relationships. -- Adapted from publisher's description.

Few topics are more ubiquitous in everyday life and, at the same time, more controversial in practice, than that of one's moral obligation to loyalty. Featuring essays by scholars working in a variety of subjects from law to psychology, Loyalty presents diverse perspectives on dilemmas posed by potential conflicts between loyalties to specific institutions or professional roles and more universalistic conceptions of moral duty. The volume begins with a philosophical exploration of theories of loyalty, both Eastern and Western, then moves to examine several problematic situations in which loyal

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- CONTRIBUTORS -- 1. LOYALTY AND MORALITY -- 2. LOYALTY FROM A CONFUCIAN PERSPECTIVE -- 3. IN PLACE OF LOYALTY: FRIENDSHIP AND ADVERSARY POLITICS IN CLASSICAL GREECE -- 4. LAWYERLY FIDELITY -- 5. LAWYERLY FIDELITY: AN ETHICAL AND EMPIRICAL CRITIQUE -- 6. A FRACTURED FIDELITY TO CAUSE -- 7. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF JUST AND UNJUST WARS: RESPONSE TO SHERMAN -- 8. FOR CONSTITUTION AND PROFESSION: PARADOXES OF MILITARY SERVICE IN A LIBERAL DEMOCRACY -- 9. THE CASE FOR PARTY LOYALTY -- 10. DEMOCRACY AND THE PROBLEM OF THE PARTISAN STATE -- INDEX

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1957

This work engages Royce's moral theory, revealing how loyalty rather than being just one virtue among others, is central to living a genuinely moral and meaningful life. Foust shows how the theory of loyalty Royce advances can be brought to bear on issues such as the partiality/impartiality debate in ethical theory

'The Virtue of Loyalty' presents ten new academic essays on the topic of loyalty considered as a virtue, written by scholars from a variety of disciplines including philosophy, law, religious studies, empirical psychology, and child development. Many of the essays are concerned with the issue of whether loyalty is a virtue, and under what conditions. Others confront questions pertaining to the psychological traits and commitments that accompany or enable loyalty.

Cover -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Acknowledgements -- CHAPTER 1 What is loyalty63; -- THE QUESTION -- LOYALTY AND CONSCIENTIOUSNESS -- EXPRESSIONS OF LOYALTY -- Loyalty in concern -- Loyalty in advocacy -- Loyalty in ritual -- Loyalty in identification -- Loyalty in belief -- LOYALTY AND SELF45;AWARENESS -- LOYALTY AS PRIORITIZING INTERESTS -- LOYALTY AND THE SELF -- WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BE LOYAL -- THE MOTIVE OF LOYALTY -- The emotional pull -- Responding to X itself -- The specialness of the relationship -- WHAT IS LOYALTY63; -- SOME CONSEQUENCES OF THE ACCOUNT -- CHAPTER 2 Friendship and belief -- LOYALTY IN BELIEF -- TWO OBSERVATIONS -- A FRIENDLY HEARING -- CLARIFICATIONS -- OBJECTIONS -- SOME THINGS THAT FRIENDS ARE FOR -- OPENNESS44; RESPONSIVENESS AND BELIEF -- WEIGHING UP THE CONFLICTING NORMS -- FRIENDSHIP AND BELIEF45;MANAGEMENT -- THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO FRIENDSHIP AND MORALITY -- CONFLICTS WITH EPISTEMIC NORMS AND CONFLICTS WITH MORALITY -- FRIENDSHIP AND ALIENATION -- THE VALUE AND ROLE OF FRIENDSHIP -- CHAPTER 3 What is patriotism63; -- THE PHILOSOPHICAL DEBATE ABOUT PATRIOTISM -- THE QUESTION -- CHOICE -- LOYALTIES DERIVED AND NON45;DERIVED -- SERIOUSNESS -- JUSTIFICATION -- PATRIOTISM AND THE QUALITIES OF A COUNTRY -- 8216;8216;MY COUNTRY44; RIGHT OR WRONG -- WHAT IS PATRIOTISM63; -- CHAPTER 4 Against patriotism -- CONFESSIONS -- BAD FAITH AND PATRIOTISM -- CLARIFYING THE THESIS -- THE STRENGTH OF THE THESIS -- TWO PROBLEM CASES -- WHAT IS SO BAD ABOUT BAD FAITH63; -- A VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE63; -- FINDING 8216;8216;BAD FAITH EVERYWHERE -- THE BIASED SOCIAL DEMOCRAT -- THE BIASED PARENT -- THE BIASED FRIEND -- CAN WE GET BY WITHOUT PATRIOTISM63; -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 5 Filial duty58; debt44; gratitude and friendship -- INTRODUCTION -- THE DEBT THEORY -- The debt theory explained -- Duties in response to unrequested benefits63; -- Duties in response to the performance of duties63; -- The duties of children and the duties of debtors -- THE GRATITUDE THEORY -- The gratitude theory explained -- Duties of gratitude -- The point of filial duties -- Gratitude and parental sacrifice -- The demands of gratitude -- Setting examples and sharing experiences -- THE FRIENDSHIP THEORY -- The friendship theory explained -- Friendships between parents and children -- Discretion and weightiness -- CHAPTER 6 Filial duty58; special goods and compulsory loyalty -- THE SPECIAL GOODS THEORY -- Desiderata -- The case for the existence of special goods -- The special goods -- From special goods to special duties -- Restrictions on filial duties -- When do grown children have filial duties63; -- Critiques and disagreements -- Difficulties for the special goods theory -- A DUTY TO BE LOYAL -- The good of a loyal child -- Is it enough just to seem loyal63; -- Duties of feeling -- CHAPTER 7 Is loyalty a value63; Is loyalty a virtue63; -- THE STORY SO FAR -- IS LOYALTY A VALUE63; -- The question -- Being loyal and valuing loyalty -- Valuing loyalty and the value of loyalty -- Against loyalty as a value -- IS LOYALTY A VIRTUE63; -- The ethics of character.

Frontmatter --Preface --Contents --Introduction --I. Keeping Secrets --II. The Balance Sheet of Secrecy --III. The Proper Limits of Secrecy --IV. The Standards and Mechanics of Security Clearance --V. The Spreading of Security Requirements --VI. The Loyalty of Federal Scientists --VII. The Universities and Security Searcher --VIII. The Need for Fair Procedures --IX. Concluding Thoughts --Appendix A. Declassification Policy --Appendix B. AEC Criteria for Determining Eligibility for Personnel Security Clearance (January 5, I949) --Notes --Acknowledgments --Index