Is Honour Dead? Rethinking the Notion of Honour in the works of Thomas Hobbes
MAH JIA WEI HEIDI
MAH JIA WEI HEIDI
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This thesis asks whether the notion of ‘honour’ has really fallen out of contemporary
moral and political discourse, as it first appears. It argues that to insist that it is
irrelevant simply demonstrates that we do not have a comprehensive understanding of
the nature of honour and its place in human psychology. The overall aim of this thesis
is to provide an understanding of honour as an ineliminable concept in political life,
and how it manifests. Reopening the discussion of honour is essential, for it forces us
to confront the critical question of how an individual conducts himself or herself in
relation to the companionship of others in a way that acknowledges both the natural
and evolutionary basis of human psychology, especially human pride. Honour, as I
will demonstrate using the works of Thomas Hobbes, is what society needs to
socialise pride into good manners.
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2018-04-02
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