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American philosopher Josiah Royce (1856-1916) delivered three lectures on the topic of loyalty at the Twentieth Century Club in Pittsburgh in February 1909. These lectures, â oeThe Conflict of Loyalties, â â oeThe Art of Loyalty, â and â oeLoyalty and Individuality, â are indispensable for a complete and coherent picture of the development of Royceâ (TM)s philosophy of loyalty. This publication marks the first appearance of these lectures in a book, making them widely accessible to readers. Included in this volume is an Editorâ (TM)s Introduction by Mathew A. Foust, a preeminent scholar of Royceâ (TM)s philosophy of loyalty. Foust details the mysteries long surrounding these lectures and the clues that led to their solutions. Foust then demonstrates how the 1909 Pittsburgh Loyalty Lectures constitute a â oemissing linkâ between The Philosophy of Loyalty (1908) and subsequent works by Royce such as â oeLoyalty and Insightâ in William James and Other Essays on the Philosophy of Life (1911), The Sources of Religious Insight (1912), The Problem of Christianity (1913), War and Insurance (1914), and The Hope of the Great Community (1916). Students and scholars of American Studies, the history of philosophy, ethics and moral philosophy, and social philosophy will find much of enduring relevance in Josiah Royceâ (TM)s 1909 Pittsburgh Loyalty Lectures.