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Messy morality : the challenge of politics / C.A.J. Coady.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Coady, C. A. J., author.
- Series:
- Uehiro series in practical ethics.
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Uehiro series in practical ethics
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political ethics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (136 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Clarendon Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Morality, moralism, and realism
- Moralistic strictures and political reality: further quandaries
- Concerning ideals
- Engagement in evil: politics, dirty hands, and corruption
- Politics and lying.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2008.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 1-383-03500-8
- 1-281-86569-9
- 9786611865696
- 0-19-154971-1
- OCLC:
- 437093880
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