Bernard Mandeville on Honor, Hypocrisy, and War

Authors from Cicero to Smith held honor to be indispensable to make people see and do what is right. As they considered honor to be a social motive, they did not think this dependence on honor was a problem. Today, we tend to see honor as a self-regarding motive, but do not see this as problematic b...

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Main Author: Olsthoorn, Peter 1970- (Author)
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2019]
In: Heythrop journal
Year: 2019, Volume: 60, Issue: 2, Pages: 205-218
RelBib Classification:CG Christianity and Politics
CH Christianity and Society
KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
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