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The introduction frames the ethical concepts of honor and virtue historically and historiographically, while examining the influence of these ideas on the modern world. It contends that honor and virtue, as they existed in the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries, still exists, but are now commonly understood as ethics. It also tracks the changing definitions over several centuries. The introduction establishes the framework that shows how the American Revolution was caused by a shift in ethical principles during the colonial era. |
