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Democracy and the ethical life : a philosophy of politics and community / Claes G. Ryn.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ryn, Claes G., 1943-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political ethics.
- Democracy.
- Representative government and representation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (257 pages)
- Edition:
- Second edition, expanded.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c1990.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This study goes to the heart of ethics and politics. Strongly argued and lucidly written, the book makes a crucial distinction between two forms of democracy.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Democracy as an ethico-philosophical problem
- pt. 2. The ethical life
- pt. 3. Rousseau's general will : moral fact or utopian fiction?
- pt. 4. The ethics of constitutional democracy
- pt. 5. A postscript.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8132-2086-6
- OCLC:
- 815969430
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