Politics and Morality Paperback - 2009 - 1st Edition
by Mendus, Susan
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Description
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Details
- Title Politics and Morality
- Author Mendus, Susan
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 168
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Polity Press
- Date 2009-11-01
- Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 6249151-6
- ISBN 9780745629681 / 0745629687
- Weight 0.35 lbs (0.16 kg)
- Dimensions 7.3 x 5.3 x 0.6 in (18.54 x 13.46 x 1.52 cm)
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Themes
- Aspects (Academic): Political
- Library of Congress subjects Political ethics
- Dewey Decimal Code 172
From the rear cover
Beginning with an account of integrity as involving a willingness to stand by ones most fundamental moral commitments, the author discusses three reasons for thinking that politics undermines integrity and is incompatible with morality. These are: the relationship between politics and utilitarian calculation; the possibility that the realm of politics is a separate realm of value; and the difficulty of reconciling the demands of different social roles. She concludes that, in the modern world, we all risk losing our integrity. To that extent, we are all politicians. Moreover, we have reason to be glad that politicians are not always morally good.
Written with verve and clarity, this book provides students and general readers an accessible guide to the philosophical debates about the complex relationship between politics and morality in the contemporary world.
