Tony Coady explores the challenges that morality poses to politics. He steersa course between realism, which rejects morality in politics, and moralism, which has a distorting influence on a realistic political morality; he seeks torehabilitate the concept of ideals; and he discusses the contentious topics of 'dirty hands' and lying in politics. INDICE: 1: Morality, moralism, and realism; 2: Moralistic strictures and political reality-further quandaries; 3: Concerning ideals; 4: Engagement inevil: politics, dirty hands, and corruption; 5: Politics and lying
- ISBN: 978-0-19-959498-6
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 134
- Fecha Publicación: 30/09/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés