The limits of 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.
