The honor code
by Anthony Appiah · first published 2010
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Intertwining philosophy and historical narrative, Appiah has created a remarkably dramatic work, which demonstrates that honor is the driving force in the struggle against man's inhumanity to man--and the foundation of democractic movements such as the emancipation of women, slaves, and the oppressed.
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You should read The Honor Code: How Moral Revolutions Happen by Kwame Anthony Appiah, it talks exactly about why Codes of Conducts are necessary, even for things which are not "breaking the law." Moral stances have a place.
on “Kathy Sierra” ↗I thought this was an interesting point: > In his 2010 book The Honor Code: How Moral Revolutions Happen, philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah shows that arguments are not what change people’s minds on moral questions — honor is. The end of dueling, or Chinese foot-binding, or the…
on “Faulty Logic: Debating won’t bring us closer to truth” ↗