From Charlottesville to the Nobel: Political leaders and the morality of political honors

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Nili, Shmuel. (2020). From Charlottesville to the Nobel: Political leaders and the morality of political honors. Ethics. 130(3), pp. 415 - 445. https://doi.org/10.1086/707215
AuthorsNili, Shmuel
Abstract

Political honors are ubiquitous in public life, whether in the form of public monuments, street names, or national holidays. Yet such honors have received scant attention from normative political theorists. Tackling this gap, I begin by criticizing a desert-based approach to political honors. I then argue that morally appropriate honors are best understood as marking and reinforcing the moral commitments of the collective in whose name they are being awarded. I show how this thesis clarifies and organizes core intuitions regarding a variety of honors, from those commemorating slave-owning founders of the United States to the Nobel Peace Prize.

Year2020
JournalEthics
Journal citation130 (3), pp. 415 - 445
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press
ISSN0014-1704
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1086/707215
Page range415 - 445
Research GroupInstitute for Humanities and Social Sciences
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Place of publicationUnited States of America
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