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Full Idea
Willingness to risk life was the constitutive quality of the man of honour.
Gist of Idea
Willingness to risk life was the constitutive quality of the man of honour
Source
Charles Taylor (Sources of the Self [1989], §13.1)
Book Ref
Taylor,Charles: 'Sources of the Self' [CUP 1992], p.212
A Reaction
Which is why war is required. The growth of civil society meant the inevitable rise of other virtues.
| 4004 | Consistency presupposes intrinsic description [Taylor,C] |
| 4003 | Selfhood and moral values are inextricably intertwined [Taylor,C] |
| 4005 | To have respect for people, you must feel their claims, or their injustices, or hold them in awe [Taylor,C] |
| 4006 | I can only be aware of myself as a person who changes by means of my personal history [Taylor,C] |
| 4009 | Nominalists defended the sovereignty of God against the idea of natural existing good and evil [Taylor,C] |
| 4010 | In later utilitarianism the modern stress on freedom leads to the rejection of paternalism [Taylor,C] |
| 4002 | My aim is to map the connections between our sense of self and our moral understanding [Taylor,C] |
| 4020 | The modern self has disengaged reason, self-exploration, and personal commitment [Taylor,C] |
| 4021 | Willingness to risk life was the constitutive quality of the man of honour [Taylor,C] |