Gratitude toward veterans : why Americans should not be very grateful to veterans /
Kershnar, Stephen,
Gratitude toward veterans : why Americans should not be very grateful to veterans / Why Americans should not be very grateful to veterans Stephen Kershnar. - 1 online resource (159 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The American people are very grateful to veterans -- Argument -- Objection -- Conclusion -- Collective gratitude -- Gratitude -- The essence of gratitude -- Conclusion -- We should not be very grateful to veterans -- Argument for thesis #1 -- Conclusion -- We should not be very grateful to draftees -- Less or no gratitude for drafted veterans -- Objections -- Conclusion -- Against the draft -- The draft is wrong -- Objections -- The irrelevance of the draft to wartime killing and destruction -- Conclusion -- In the future, U.S. citizens should avoid being grateful to veterans -- Argument -- Defense of premises -- Objections -- Conclusion -- The duty to obey military orders is surprisingly weak -- Concepts -- Argument -- Metaphysical objections -- Epistemic objections -- Role-relative and group duties -- Implications of the thesis -- Conclusion -- Lacking gratitude and virtue -- Vice and the lack of significant gratitude.
9780739185797
Veterans--United States.
Civil-military relations--United States.
Gratitude.
Electronic books.
UB357 / .K47 2014
305.9/06970973
Gratitude toward veterans : why Americans should not be very grateful to veterans / Why Americans should not be very grateful to veterans Stephen Kershnar. - 1 online resource (159 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The American people are very grateful to veterans -- Argument -- Objection -- Conclusion -- Collective gratitude -- Gratitude -- The essence of gratitude -- Conclusion -- We should not be very grateful to veterans -- Argument for thesis #1 -- Conclusion -- We should not be very grateful to draftees -- Less or no gratitude for drafted veterans -- Objections -- Conclusion -- Against the draft -- The draft is wrong -- Objections -- The irrelevance of the draft to wartime killing and destruction -- Conclusion -- In the future, U.S. citizens should avoid being grateful to veterans -- Argument -- Defense of premises -- Objections -- Conclusion -- The duty to obey military orders is surprisingly weak -- Concepts -- Argument -- Metaphysical objections -- Epistemic objections -- Role-relative and group duties -- Implications of the thesis -- Conclusion -- Lacking gratitude and virtue -- Vice and the lack of significant gratitude.
9780739185797
Veterans--United States.
Civil-military relations--United States.
Gratitude.
Electronic books.
UB357 / .K47 2014
305.9/06970973