Daniel Schwartz (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

The Political Morality of the Late Scholastics

Civic Life, War and Conscience

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is the only book to examine in depth the applied philosophy of late scholasticism during the Baroque and Early Modern periods. It will appeal to those interested in the history of philosophy and moral philosophy, religion, theology, the ethics of war and political philosophy more generally.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. April 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 370g
• ISBN-13: 9781108716697
• ISBN-10: 1108716695
• Artikelnr.: 60860972

Autorenporträt

Daniel Schwartz is Senior Lecturer in the Departments of Political Science and International Relations at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is the author of Aquinas on Friendship (2007) and the editor of Interpreting Suárez (Cambridge, 2011).

Inhaltsangabe

List of abbreviations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I. Civic Life: 1. The ethics of electoral bribing
2. The ethics of tax evasion
3. Keeping out the foreign poor: the city as a private person
4. The political duty to keep your secrets
5. Scandal and inexcusable portraits
Part II. War: 6. Conscientious objection in war: from duty to right
7. Patriotic collaborationism: Demosthenes and Alexander
8. War and the boundaries of punitive jurisdiction
9. Justice after victory
Concluding remarks
Bibliography
Index.