Communities of respect : grounding responsibility, authority, and dignity /

Communities of respect are communities of people sharing common practices or a (partial) way of life; they include families, clubs, religious groups and political parties. This book develops a detailed account of such communities in terms of the rational structure of their members' reactive att...

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Main Author: Helm, Bennett W.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2017.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Communities of respect are communities of people sharing common practices or a (partial) way of life; they include families, clubs, religious groups and political parties. This book develops a detailed account of such communities in terms of the rational structure of their members' reactive attitudes: emotions like resentment, gratitude, guilt, approbation and indignation, whereby people hold each other responsible to certain norms. Helm argues that these communities are fundamental in three interrelated ways to understanding what it is to be a person.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191840425
0191840424
9780192522030
0192522035