Loyalty
Sanford Levinson, Paul Woodruff,
Joel Parker - NYU Press, 2013
Few topics are more ubiquitous in everyday
life and, at the same time, more controversial in practice, than that of one’s
moral obligation to loyalty. Featuring essays by scholars working in a variety
of subjects from law to psychology, Loyalty presents diverse perspectives on
dilemmas posed by potential conflicts between loyalties to specific institutions
or professional roles and more universalistic conceptions of moral duty. The
volume begins with a philosophical exploration of theories of loyalty, both
Eastern and Western, then moves to examine several problematic situations in
which loyalty is often a factor: partisan politics, the armed forces, and
lawyer-client relationships. A fair and balanced analysis from a wide range of
disciplinary and normative viewpoints, Loyalty infuses new life into an
oft-tread avenue of scholarly inquiry. Contributors: Ryan K. Balot, Paul O.
Carrese, Yasmin Dawood, Bernard Gert, Kathleen M. Higgins, Sanford Levinson,
Daniel Markovits, Lynn Mather, Russell Muirhead, Nancy Sherman, Paul
Woodruff Sanford Levinson is the W. St. John Garwood and W. St. John Garwood,
Jr. Centennial Chair in Law and Professor of Government at the University of
Texas at Austin and author or co-author of many books, including Framed:
America's 51 Constitutions and the Crisis of Governance and Our Undemocratic
Constitution: Where the Constitution Goes Wrong (And How We the People Can
Correct It). Paul Woodruff is former dean of the School of Undergraduate Studies
and currently Darrell K. Royal Professor in Ethics and American Society at the
University of Texas at Austin. His latest book is The Ajax Dilemma: Justice,
Fairness and Rewards. Joel Parker is Lecturer in the Department of Political
Science and Geography at the University of Texas at San Antonio. 
