Tony Coady explores the challenges that morality poses to politics. He steers a course between realism, which rejects morality in politics, and moralism, which has a distorting influence on a realistic political morality; he seeks to rehabilitate the concept of ideals; and he discusses the contentious topics of 'dirty hands' and lying in politics.
Tony Coady explores the challenges that morality poses to politics. He steers a course between realism, which rejects morality in politics, and moralism, which has a distorting influence on a realistic political morality; he seeks to rehabilitate the concept of ideals; and he discusses the contentious topics of 'dirty hands' and lying in politics.
C. A. J. Coady is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Melbourne. He also founded and became director of the Centre for Philosophy and Public Issues, the first centre in Australia to be concerned with broad issues of philosophy and public affairs. His research areas include political violence, terrorism, and just war theory.
Inhaltsangabe
1: Morality, moralism, and realism 2: Moralistic strictures and political reality-further quandaries 3: Concerning ideals 4: Engagement in evil: politics, dirty hands, and corruption 5: Politics and lying
1: Morality, moralism, and realism 2: Moralistic strictures and political reality-further quandaries 3: Concerning ideals 4: Engagement in evil: politics, dirty hands, and corruption 5: Politics and lying
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