Politics as a moral problem / by Janos Kis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kis, János, 1943-

Standardized Title:

Politika mint erkölcsi probléma. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science--Philosophy.

Political science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (313 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Budapest : Central European University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"The instincts of democratic citizens concerning political morality pull in opposite directions. On the one hand, we tend to think that the norms of political action are more lenient than those of private ethics. But we also believe that politicians are subject to more demanding expectations than ordinary people. Political theory must provide a coherent account of these apparently conflicting beliefs." "According to Janos Kis, the classical doctrine is capable of accounting for the first one, but at the cost of sacrificing the second. The main aim of the book is to show how the two intuitions can be integrated in a unified theory, and what such a theory tells us about the role of moral accountability in democratic politics."--Jacket.

Contents:

The circumstances of politics

Realism : the unconstrained thesis

Indirect motivation : the narrow thesis

Outlines of a neo-classical theory

Realism : the constrained thesis

Indirect motivation : the wide thesis

Dirty hands in politics

Dirty hands and moral dilemmas

Appendix : "living in truth."

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-003-72139-7

615-5211-61-2

1-283-24811-5

9786613248114

1-4416-0393-X

9781003721390

OCLC:

922997891