Why Honor Matters Audiobook (Free)

A controversial call to put honor at the center of morality

To the modern mind, the thought of honor is outdated, sexist, and barbaric. It evokes Hamilton and Burr and pistols at dawn, not visions of a well-organized society. But also for philosopher Tamler Sommers, a feeling of honor is essential to living moral lives. In Why Honor Matters, Sommers argues our collective rejection of honor has arrive at great price. Reliant only on Enlightenment liberalism, america has become the home from the cowardly, the shameless, the selfish, as well as the alienated. Properly channeled, honor stimulates virtues like courage, integrity, and solidarity, and gives a sense of living for something bigger than oneself. Sommers shows how honor can help us address a few of society’s most challenging problems, including education, policing, and mass incarceration. Counterintuitive and provocative, Why Honor Matters makes a convincing case for honor like a cornerstone of our modern society.