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- Title
IS MATESHIP A VIRTUE?
- Authors
Page, Jim
- Abstract
This essay seeks to examine the concept of mateship from the perspectives of consequentialist and virtue ethics. It is suggested that mateship is a prominent concept in the way Australians think of themselves. However it is also suggested that mateship is linked to solidarity and commitment in time of war. It is suggested that what we should recognize mateship is one of the factors that facilitates and perpetuates war. It is suggested that mateship is also questionable as a character virtue, given what mateship entails. It is suggested that ultimately we need to examine more closely the consequences of the solidarity that we define as mateship, and we need to query more closely what we regard as virtues.
- Subjects
MATESHIP (Australia); CONDUCT of life; CONSEQUENTIALISM (Ethics); ETHICS; UTILITARIANISM; VIRTUE; SOLIDARITY; NOBILITY of character; PATRIOTISM
- Publication
Australian Journal of Social Issues (Australian Council of Social Service), 2002, Vol 37, Issue 2, p193
- ISSN
0157-6321
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/j.1839-4655.2002.tb01117.x