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Citizenship and the pursuit of the worthy life / David Thunder, University of Navarra.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thunder, David, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Citizenship--Philosophy.
- Citizenship.
- Citizenship--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Political ethics.
- Democracy--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Democracy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 210 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Other Title:
- Citizenship & the pursuit of the worthy life
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- What does citizenship have to do with living a worthy human life? Political scientists and philosophers who study the practice of citizenship, including Rawlsian liberals and Niebuhrian realists, have tended to either relegate this question to the private realm or insist that ethical principles must be silenced or seriously compromised in our deliberations as citizens. This book argues that the insulation of public life from the ethical standpoint puts in jeopardy not only our integrity as persons but also the legitimacy and long-term survival of our political communities. In response to this predicament, David Thunder aims to rehabilitate the ethical standpoint in political philosophy, by defending the legitimacy and importance of giving full play to our deepest ethical commitments in our civic roles and developing a set of guidelines for citizens who wish to enact their civic roles with integrity.
- Contents:
- Resurrecting an ancient question : the place of citizenship in a worthy life
- The concept of ethical integrity
- The practice of citizenship
- A preemptive strike against the separationist thesis
- The integrationist ideal of civic engagement
- Objections and replies
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-316-05546-9
- 1-316-08383-7
- 1-316-05783-6
- 1-322-06711-2
- 1-316-08147-8
- 1-316-07201-0
- 1-107-70643-2
- 1-316-07674-1
- 1-316-07911-2
- 1-316-07437-4
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