Loyalty : the vexing virtue / Eric Felten.
By: Felten, Eric
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TextPublisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2011Edition: 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.Description: vii, 309 p. ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9781439176863 (hardcover); 1439176868 (hardcover).Other title: Vexing virtue.Subject(s): LoyaltyDDC classification: 179/.9 | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 179.9 F341 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003135340 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
The power of loyalty -- Loyalties at loggerheads -- The ever ready accomplices -- For better or for worse -- The thousandth man -- Bonding and branding -- Tell me it smells like roses -- Reasons for treason -- The lifeboat ethic.
Presents an anecdotal assessment of loyalty that canvasses examples from the Bible, literature and other sources to evaluate the role of loyalty in life and how loyalty-based choices reflect priorities and contradictions.
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