1st Edition
Virtuous and Vicious Expressions of Partiality
Introduction
Section 1: Overarching Visions of Partiality
1. Morality’s Partiality: An Essay in Virtue-Based, Role-Relative, Patient-Focused Moral Theory J. L. A. Garcia
2. Parity, Pluralism, and Permissible Partiality Chris Tucker
3. Is Partiality Part of Morality? Alan H. Goldman
4. Attitudes of The Will and Attitudes of The Heart Stephen Darwall
Section 2: How Roles and Relationships Might Shape Partiality
5. Why Partial Relationships are Necessary: A Model for Virtuous and Loving Unequal Relationships Eric J. Silverman
6. Role Centered Morality and Virtuous and Vicious Partiality Michael Beaty
Section 3: The Moral Dangers of Partiality
7. Partiality Traps and our Need for Risk-Aware Ethics and Epistemology Guy Axtell
8. Smugness as a Kantian Vice Karen Stohr
9. Loyalty and Epistemic Partiality Kathryn C. S. Schmidt
Section 4: Specific Applications of Partiality: Loyalty to Country, Religion, Sports Team, and Employer
10. Anti-Patriotism’s Unintended Reformation: The Mistakes of George Kateb’s Patriotism and Other Mistakes Joseph Prud’homme
11. Faithfulness and Religious Partiality Patrick X. Gardner
12. Practices of Partiality: Affinity, Loyalty, and Sports Fans Kyle Fruh, Marcus Hedahl, Luke Maring, and Nate Olson
13. Partiality We Owe Our Employers Chris Tweedt
Biography
Eric J. Silverman is Professor of Philosophy at Christopher Newport University. He has over 30 academic publications in ethics, philosophy of religion, and psychology, including six books. His most recent book is Sexual Ethics in a Secular Age: Is There Still a Virtue of Chastity? (Routledge, 2021).
