Why Honor Matters, Tamler Sommers
Why Honor Matters, Tamler Sommers
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Why Honor Matters

Author: Tamler Sommers

Narrator: Tamler Sommers

Unabridged: 6 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/14/2018


Synopsis

A controversial call to put honor at the center of moralityTo the modern mind, the idea of honor is outdated, sexist, and barbaric. It evokes Hamilton and Burr and pistols at dawn, not visions of a well-organized society. But for philosopher Tamler Sommers, a sense of honor is essential to living moral lives. In Why Honor Matters, Sommers argues that our collective rejection of honor has come at great cost. Reliant only on Enlightenment liberalism, the United States has become the home of the cowardly, the shameless, the selfish, and the alienated. Properly channeled, honor encourages virtues like courage, integrity, and solidarity, and gives a sense of living for something larger than oneself. Sommers shows how honor can help us address some of society's most challenging problems, including education, policing, and mass incarceration. Counterintuitive and provocative, Why Honor Matters makes a convincing case for honor as a cornerstone of our modern society.

About Tamler Sommers

Tamler Sommers is an associate professor of philosophy at the University of Houston. He is the host of the podcast "Very Bad Wizards" and the author of two previous books. Sommers holds a PhD in philosophy from Duke University. He lives in Houston, Texas.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Xavier

The most fascinating book I've read this year. Literally thought provoking. Contrasts traditional western liberal philosophic ethic, which he labels "dignity", with the much maligned/ignored ethic of "honor". Argues that we should reintroduce "constrained" forms of the honor ethic to various domains......more

Goodreads review by Bakunin

Norms have become the focus of my attention lately as I have been reading about culture and how one regulates human behavior. In the contemporary political parlance norms are seen as a hindrance to the freedom of the individual. I therefore welcome this book by an associate professor at the Universi......more

Goodreads review by Paul

My thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for providing me with an advanced copy of this book. In this book, Sommers has provided a well-reasoned, and compelling argument for a revitalization of honor within our society. While it is not without its flaws, I found myself tearing through the pages of th......more

Goodreads review by Blake

New Years resolution: be more honourable......more