On Loyalty

<p>Loyalty is a highly charged and important issue often evoking strong feelings and actions. What is loyalty? Is loyalty compatible with impartiality? How do we respond to conflicts of loyalties? In a global era should we be trying to transcend loyalties to particular political communities?</p><p>Drawing on a fascinating array of literary and cinematic examples - <em>The Remains of the Day</em> <em>No Country for Old Men</em><em> The English Patient</em> <em>The Third Man</em> and more - Troy Jollimore expertly unravels the phenomenon of loyalty from a philosophical standpoint. He reflects on the idea that loyalty shapes our very identities and considers both the benefits and the dangers of loyalty: on the one hand how excessive loyalty can move us to perform immoral even evil actions; one the other how loyalty can expand our lives and give us a sense of meaning and belonging.</p>