Politics as a Moral Problem / by János Kis ; translated by Zoltán Miklósi

• Autore: Kis János <1943->
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : CEU Press, , 2008; ©2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (313 p.)
• Disciplina: 172
• Soggetto topico: Ethik; Politik; Political science - Philosophy
• Soggetto non controllato: Ethics, Philosophy, Political philosophy, Political studies
• Altri autori: MiklósiZoltán
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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."
• Sommario/riassunto: "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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Politics as a Moral Problem
• ISBN: 615-5211-61-2; 1-283-24811-5; 9786613248114; 1-4416-0393-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782609703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II