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John Kleinig, On Loyalty and Loyalties: The Contours of a Problematic Virtue

New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2010, 315 pp, ISBN 9780199371266, $35.00

Author: Jennifer A. Baker

Published in: The Journal of Value Inquiry | Issue 3/2016

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Loyalty, philosopher John Kleinig explains, is the most significant component in commonsense morality. It is the feature of morality on which we most often dwell, outside of academia. Yet “loyalty” has not yet gained the respect of professional ethicists in academia. That is to say, despite a few philosophers who have focused on the topic, loyalty is considered dispensable to serious ethical theorizing. …

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Title: John Kleinig, On Loyalty and Loyalties: The Contours of a Problematic Virtue
New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2010, 315 pp, ISBN 9780199371266, $35.00
Author: Jennifer A. Baker
Publication date: 10-09-2015
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published in: The Journal of Value Inquiry / Issue 3/2016
Print ISSN: 0022-5363
Electronic ISSN: 1573-0492
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10790-015-9511-z

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