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Record Nr.

UNINA9910975221303321

Autore

Ryn Claes G. <1943->

Titolo

Democracy and the ethical life : a philosophy of politics and community / / Claes G. Ryn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Catholic University of America Press, c1990

ISBN

0-8132-2086-6

Edizione

[Second edition, expanded.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 pages)

Disciplina

321.8

Soggetti

Political ethics

Democracy

Representative government and representation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.