The Honor Code: How Moral Revolutions Happen

Awards:   Winner of New York Times Notable Book 2010 Winner of New York Times Notable Book 2010. Winner of New York Times Notable Selection 2010
Author:   Kwame Anthony Appiah (New York University)
Publisher:   WW Norton & Co
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Pages:   288
Publication Date:   18 October 2011
Format:   Paperback
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  • Winner of New York Times Notable Book 2010
  • Winner of New York Times Notable Book 2010.
  • Winner of New York Times Notable Selection 2010

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"In this groundbreaking work, Kwame Anthony Appiah, hailed as ""one of the most relevant philosophers today"" (New York Times Book Review), changes the way we understand human behavior and the way social reform is brought about. In brilliantly arguing that new democratic movements over the last century have not been driven by legislation from above, Appiah explores the end of the duel in aristocratic England, the tumultuous struggles over footbinding in nineteenth-century China, the uprising of ordinary people against Atlantic slavery, and the horrors of ""honor killing"" in contemporary Pakistan. Intertwining philosophy and historical narrative, he has created ""a fascinating study of moral evolution"" (Philadelphia Inquirer) that demonstrates the critical role honor plays a in the struggle against man's inhumanity to man."

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Author:   Kwame Anthony Appiah (New York University)
Publisher:   WW Norton & Co
Imprint:   WW Norton & Co
Dimensions:   Width: 14.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 21.10cm
Weight:   0.295kg
ISBN:  

9780393340525


ISBN 10:   039334052
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   18 October 2011
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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What causes moral progress? In this brilliant book, Appiah casts light on the role played by honor. Even though it's sometimes distorted, as with honor killings in Pakistan, this classical concept can be a lode star in guiding us to a better future. It's an amazing and fascinating insight. This is an indispensable book for both moral philosophers and honorable citizens.--Walter Isaacson, author of Einstein: His Life and Universe


Appiah lays out a concept that is not only compelling in its own right but also suggests a connection that may in time help to collate biological and cultural exploration of human morality. -- Edward O. Wilson, author of Sociobiology A deeply insightful exposition of the dangers, the potential and the (perhaps) ineradicable role of the human sense of honor. -- Charles Taylor, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, McGill University This book is essential for us-inescapable in its urgent relevance to the embattled human morality we live within our codes of the present. -- Nadine Gordimer, author of Telling Times


He [Appiah] sounds an urbane and civilised note when discussing what are often raucous and rancorous issues. But the civilised note is quietly compelling, and never more so than in this latest book. The Guardian ...it's good to be able to salute writing whose message is of hope, progress and moral courage...The Honor Code is not, strictly speaking, a history book, but rather a work of social and moral philosophy which draws on historical evidence...The message is that morality matters, and social action can change things for the better. Stephen Howe, The Independent Christmas Books 2010 Among the books which have found a particular place in my mind, and heart, this year are several by dear colleagues at Princeton. These include The Honor Code...Appiah is a beautiful stylist, who ranges over an extraordinary array of topics in which the notion of honour may be relevant either to an individual or a society. Paul Muldoon, Books of the Year 2010, The Times Literary Supplement This [The Honor Code] is in so many ways a brilliant book. New Humanist


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Kwame Anthony Appiah, the president of the PEN American Center, is the author of The Ethics of Identity, Thinking It Through: An Introduction to Contemporary Philosophy, The Honor Code, and the prize-winning Cosmopolitanism. Raised in Ghana and educated in England, he has taught philosophy on three continents and is currently a professor at Princeton University.

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