Gratitude toward veterans : why Americans should not be very grateful to veterans / Stephen Kershnar.
Kershnar, Stephen, author.
2014
UB357 .K47 2014
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Title Gratitude toward veterans : why Americans should not be very grateful to veterans / Stephen Kershnar.
Author Kershnar, Stephen, author.
ISBN 9780739185780
9780739185797 (electronic book)
Published Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2014]
Copyright ©2014
Language English
Description 1 online resource (159 pages)
Call Number UB357 .K47 2014
Dewey Decimal Classification 305.9/06970973
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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.

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