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Morality and self-sacrifice, martyrdom and self-denial

MY CHIEF INTEREST IS TO EXPLORE THE QUESTION, IS SELF-SACRIFICE A necessary part of morality?. Think of a person who gives away millions of dollars...
Social Research, 06/22/08 by George Kateb · More from publication
Existential values in Arendt's treatment of evil and morality

EXISTENTIAL VALUES DOMINATE HANNAH ARENDT'S POLITICAL THEORY. * The result is that morality often ends up either subordinate in importance to...
Social Research, 09/22/07 by George Kateb · More from publication
Punishment and the spirit of democracy

PUNISHMENT THAT IS ADMINISTERED DIRECTLY BY THE STATE IS ONE of those subjects that are hard to pin down. There is no theoretical defense of the...
Social Research, 06/22/07 by George Kateb · More from publication
A life of fear

WE ARE CAUGHT UP IN A COURSE OF EVENTS THAT ARE NEARLY AS opaque in motivation as they are dramatic and often tragic in their effects. The United...
Social Research, 12/22/04 by George Kateb · More from publication
Courage as a virtue

COURAGE IS AN IMPOSSIBLE SUBJECT. NO MATTER WHAT ANYONE SAYS, people (including myself) will always respect, even admire, courage regardless of the...
Social Research, 03/22/04 by George Kateb · More from publication
Undermining the Constitution

THIS paper was conceived, tided, and partly drafted before September 11, 2001. What I am about to say does not, for the most part, deal directly...
Social Research, 06/22/03 by George Kateb · More from publication

Ideology and storytelling

ONE of the most striking features of Hannah Arendt's analysis of totalitarianism is the prominent role she gives ideology. Even before she added...
Social Research, 06/22/02 by George Kateb · More from publication
Part V: Invasions of Privacy: Violations of Boundaries

Introduction: Invasions of Privacy Introduction: Invasions of Privacy THE papers in this section all deal with obstacles to defending privacy...
Social Research, 03/22/01 by George Kateb · More from publication
Is Patriotism a Mistake? - .Abstract - )

Is patriotism a mistake? I think that it is a mistake twice over: It is typically a grave moral error and its source is typically a state of mental...
Social Research, 12/22/00 by George Kateb · More from publication
Can Cultures be Judged? Two Defenses of Cultural Pluralism in Isaiah Berlin's Work - )

MY contention is that in Isaiah Berlin's work there are abundant elements for two defenses of radical cultural pluralism, even though he does not...
Social Research, 12/22/99 by George Kateb · More from publication