Private Solidarity
Its natural to think of acts of solidarity as being public acts that aim at good outcomes, particularly at social change. I argue that not all acts of solidarity fit this mold - acts of what I call private solidarity are not public and do not aim at producing social change. After describing parad...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2016]
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Ethical theory and moral practice
Year: 2016, Volume: 19, Issue: 2, Pages: 445-455 |
| IxTheo Classification: | NCB Personal ethics NCC Social ethics VA Philosophy |
| Further subjects: | B
Moral Development
B Virtue B Virtuous B Private B Solidarity B Simone Weil |
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| Summary: | Its natural to think of acts of solidarity as being public acts that aim at good outcomes, particularly at social change. I argue that not all acts of solidarity fit this mold - acts of what I call private solidarity are not public and do not aim at producing social change. After describing paradigmatic cases of private solidarity, I defend an account of why such acts are themselves morally virtuous and what role they can have in moral development. |
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| ISSN: | 1572-8447 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Ethical theory and moral practice
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s10677-015-9640-2 |