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
Authors | Nili, Shmuel |
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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. |
Year | 2020 |
Journal | Ethics |
Journal citation | 130 (3), pp. 415 - 445 |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
ISSN | 0014-1704 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1086/707215 |
Page range | 415 - 445 |
Research Group | Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences |
Publisher's version | File Access Level Controlled |
Place of publication | United States of America |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/876v6/from-charlottesville-to-the-nobel-political-leaders-and-the-morality-of-political-honors
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