Igor Primoratz

Politics and Morality

Herausgegeben:Primoratz, I.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is a timely contribution to the public debate of morality and politics. Is political morality permissive of deception, manipulation and violence? Is there room for morality in international relations? Should torture be used in the 'war on terror'? Is patriotism a virtue? Asking key questions on pertinent issues this is an essential text.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-230-01965-2
• 2007
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Dezember 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 223mm x 146mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 486g
• ISBN-13: 9780230019652
• ISBN-10: 023001965X
• Artikelnr.: 22742418

Autorenporträt

ANDREW ALEXANDRA Senior Lecturer, Philosophy Department, University of Melbourne, Australia C. A. J. (TONY) COADY Professorial Fellow, University of Melbourne, Australia GARRETT CULLITY Associate Professor of Philosophy, Head of the Philosophy Discipline, University of Adelaide, Australia STEPHEN DE WIJZE Lecturer in Political Theory, University of Manchester, UK JAMES GAFFNEY Professor Emeritus of Ethics, Loyola University, New Orleans, USA JOHN KLEINIG Director of the Institute for Criminal Justice Ethics, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, USA NEIL LEVY Senior Research Fellow, University of Melbourne, Australia DAVID W. LOVELL Professor of Politics, University of South Wales, Australia SEUMAS MILLER Professor of Philosophy, Charles Sturt University and the Australian National University, Director of the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, University of Melbourne, Australia KAI NIELSEN Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, University of Calgary, USA ROB SPARROW Lecturer at the Centre for Human Bioethics, Monash University, Australia JANNA THOMPSON Associate Professor of Philosophy, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia JESSICA WOLFENDALE Research Fellow, Melbourne University, Australia

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; I.Primoratz PART I Dirty Hands: Doing Wrong to do Right; S.de Wijze There is no Dilemma of Dirty Hands; K.Nielsen Punishing the Dirty; N.Levy The Moral, the Personal and the Political; G.Cullity Professional Ethics for Politicians?; A.Alexandra Noble Cause Corruption in Politics; S.Miller The Moral Reality in Realism; C.A.J.Coady PART II Patriotism: Its Moral Credentials; J.Gaffney Political Complicity: Democracy and Shared Responsibility; J.Thompson 'Barbarians at the Gates': The Moral Costs of Political Community; R.Sparrow Lying and Politics; D.W.Lovell Torture and Political Morality; J.Kleinig Military Obedience: Rhetoric and Reality; J.Wolfendale Index