Paradoxes of Political Ethics
How do the hard facts of political responsibility shape and constrain the demands of ethical life? That question lies at the heart of the problem of ‘dirty hands’ in public life. Those who exercise political power often feel they must act in ways which would otherwise be considered immoral: indeed, paradoxically, they sometimes feel that it would be immoral of them not to perform or condone such acts as killing or lying. John Parrish offers the first wide-ranging account of how this important philosophical problem emerged and developed, tracing it - and its proposed solutions - from ancient Greece through the Enlightenment. His central argume…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-521-87355-0
- EAN: 9780521873550
- Produktnummer: 3206049
- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
- Seitenangabe: 296 S.
- Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.7 cm x D2.2 cm 610 g
- Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
- Gewicht: 610
Über den Autor
John M. Parrish is Assistant Professor, Department Political Science, Loyola Marymount University.
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