TY - BOOK AU - Kershnar,Stephen TI - Gratitude toward veterans: why Americans should not be very grateful to veterans AV - UB357 .K47 2014 U1 - 305.9/06970973 23 PY - 2014///] CY - Lanham, Maryland PB - Lexington Books KW - Veterans KW - United States KW - Civil-military relations KW - Gratitude KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=1673579 ER -