What would you die for?
Author: Counterpoint
Three essays by Roger Scruton, Ken Worpole, and Ghassan Hage, and an introduction by Chris Rawlings.
Series edited by Rosemary Bechler.
Most human beings spend a great deal of energy and money avoiding dying. But in vertain circumstances we are prepared, usually reluctantly, to die – for country, for family, for honour, for shame, for freedom. How do we make those decisions? What makes us more and less reluctant? How do we understand people who, for whatever reason, embrace death with enthusiasm, even joy? What does our preparedness to sacrifice ourselves say about our societies, our self-image and the changing nature of our beliefs?
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