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Politics as a Moral Problem / János Kis.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, [2008]Copyright date: 2008Description: 1 online resource (312 p.)Content type:
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  • 9786155211614
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 172 22/eng/20240417
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The circumstances of politics -- 3. Realism: the unconstrained thesis -- 4. Indirect motivation: the narrow thesis -- 5. Outlines of a neo-classical theory -- 6. Realism: the constrained thesis -- 7. Indirect motivation: the wide thesis -- 8. Dirty hands in politics -- 9. Dirty hands and moral dilemmas -- 10. Summary -- Appendix—“Living in truth” -- Index
Summary: In a world where politics is often associated with notions such as moral decay, frustration and disappointment, the feeling of betrayal, and of democracy in trouble, Kis examines theories about the morality of political action. Amending the two classical theses of realism and of indirect motivation in politics, Kis argues for a constrained thesis of realism and a wide thesis of indirect motivation. By these means the place of moral motivation and common deliberation can be identified, and political agents can be held morally accountable. The analysis refers to a broad range of classic and contemporary literature as well as to recent cases from international politics which call for moral judgment. The Appendix is dedicated to Václav Havel’s seminal essay on “The Power of the Powerless,” which sheds light on the diversity of approaches dissident intellectuals have taken to politics.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The circumstances of politics -- 3. Realism: the unconstrained thesis -- 4. Indirect motivation: the narrow thesis -- 5. Outlines of a neo-classical theory -- 6. Realism: the constrained thesis -- 7. Indirect motivation: the wide thesis -- 8. Dirty hands in politics -- 9. Dirty hands and moral dilemmas -- 10. Summary -- Appendix—“Living in truth” -- Index

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In a world where politics is often associated with notions such as moral decay, frustration and disappointment, the feeling of betrayal, and of democracy in trouble, Kis examines theories about the morality of political action. Amending the two classical theses of realism and of indirect motivation in politics, Kis argues for a constrained thesis of realism and a wide thesis of indirect motivation. By these means the place of moral motivation and common deliberation can be identified, and political agents can be held morally accountable. The analysis refers to a broad range of classic and contemporary literature as well as to recent cases from international politics which call for moral judgment. The Appendix is dedicated to Václav Havel’s seminal essay on “The Power of the Powerless,” which sheds light on the diversity of approaches dissident intellectuals have taken to politics.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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