Why Honor Matters

By: Tamler Sommers

Narrated by: Tamler Sommers

A controversial call to put honor at the center of morality

To the modern mind, the idea of honor is outdated, sexist, and barbaric.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

©2018 Tamler Sommers. (P)2018 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

I learned a lot

As many good books do, it detailed and put into context something I kind of already knew. I appreciate how the book was nuanced and balanced. Not all or nothing.

good content, narration sorta rough

pretty good listen. Many good points, A few chapters dragged (7 was the worst, repetition). Definitely needed a professional narrator though. Too bad.

Engaging and thought provoking

Fans of the podcast Very bad wizards will here find a much stronger argumentation for the virtue of honour than what has been presented in the podcast. The extra time the author has to flesh out his arguments and to present them in a more coherent way makes this an extremely interesting read.

I am grateful that you didn't give up

wierd people need to hear thid message....thankyou for the work
honor is a key to binding society's together

Outstanding read on a undervalued topic in America

Having met Tamler in person and now having read one of his books on honor, I'm extremely thankful for his contributions to an incredibly relevant topic. The depth of his understanding of character and honor mixed with his his humor and ability to tell a good story makes this work easy to understand and internalize.