Private Solidarity

It’s 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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Veröffentlicht in:Ethical theory and moral practice
1. VerfasserIn: Bommarito, Nicolas (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Springer Science + Business Media B. V [2016]
In: Ethical theory and moral practice
RelBib Classification:NCB Individualethik
NCC Sozialethik
VA Philosophie
weitere Schlagwörter:B Moral Development
B Virtue
B Virtuous
B Private
B Solidarity
B Simone Weil
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Zusammenfassung:It’s 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.
ISSN:1572-8447
Enthält:Enthalten in: Ethical theory and moral practice
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s10677-015-9640-2