Eric J. Silverman is Professor of Philosophy at Christopher Newport University. He has over 30 academic publications in ethics, philosophy of religion, and psychology, including six books. His most recent book is Sexual Ethics in a Secular Age: Is There Still a Virtue of Chastity? (Routledge, 2021).

This volume gathers essays from leading scholars to discuss partiality in ethics. The chapters examine the virtuous and vicious ways in which we relate to those close to us.

Introduction Section 1: Overarching Visions of Partiality 1. Morality's Partiality: An Essay in Virtue-Based, Role-Relative, Patient-Focused Moral Theory J. L. A. Garcia 2. Parity, Pluralism, and Permissible Partiality Chris Tucker 3. Is Partiality Part of Morality? Alan H. Goldman 4. Attitudes of The Will and Attitudes of The Heart Stephen Darwall Section 2: How Roles and Relationships Might Shape Partiality 5. Why Partial Relationships are Necessary: A Model for Virtuous and Loving Unequal Relationships Eric J. Silverman 6. Role Centered Morality and Virtuous and Vicious Partiality Michael Beaty Section 3: The Moral Dangers of Partiality 7. Partiality Traps and our Need for Risk-Aware Ethics and Epistemology Guy Axtell 8. Smugness as a Kantian Vice Karen Stohr 9. Loyalty and Epistemic Partiality Kathryn C. S. Schmidt Section 4: Specific Applications of Partiality: Loyalty to Country, Religion, Sports Team, and Employer 10. Anti-Patriotism's Unintended Reformation: The Mistakes of George Kateb's Patriotism and Other Mistakes Joseph Prud'homme 11. Faithfulness and Religious Partiality Patrick X. Gardner 12. Practices of Partiality: Affinity, Loyalty, and Sports Fans Kyle Fruh, Marcus Hedahl, Luke Maring, and Nate Olson 13. Partiality We Owe Our Employers Chris Tweedt