Halbertal, Moshe. <br/><br/>
On Sacrifice  [electronic resource]. 

 - Princeton :  Princeton University Press,  2012. 
 - 1 online resource (147 p.) 
<br/><br/> Description based upon print version of record. 
<br/><br/> The idea and practice of sacrifice play a profound role in religion, ethics, and politics. In this brief book, philosopher Moshe Halbertal explores the meaning and implications of sacrifice, developing a theory of sacrifice as an offering and examining the relationship between sacrifice, ritual, violence, and love. On Sacrifice also looks at the place of self-sacrifice within ethical life and at the complex role of sacrifice as both a noble and destructive political ideal. In the religious domain, Halbertal argues, sacrifice is an offering, a gift given in the context of a hierarchical rela 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781400842353 (electronic bk.) 1400842352 (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sacrifice.<br/>Self-sacrifice.<br/>Sacrifice.<br/>Self-sacrifice.<br/>RELIGION / Reference
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BL570 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>203.4  203/.4