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LEADER: 02030cam a2200325 i 4500
001 2014004211
003 DLC
005 20150107081918.0
008 140131s2014 mdu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2014004211
020 $a9780739185780 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $z9780739185797 (electronic)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aUB357$b.K47 2014
082 00 $a305.9/06970973$223
100 1 $aKershnar, Stephen,$eeditor.
245 10 $aGratitude toward veterans :$bwhy Americans should not be very grateful to veterans /$cStephen Kershnar.
246 30 $aWhy Americans should not be very grateful to veterans
264 1 $aLanham, Maryland :$bLexington Books,$c[2014]
300 $axv, 141 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 129-136) and index.
505 0 $aThe 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.
650 0 $aVeterans$zUnited States.
650 0 $aCivil-military relations$zUnited States.
650 0 $aGratitude.