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OverviewPublic disenchantment with politics has become a key feature of the world in which we live. In this book, Susan Mendus asks if politicians can be morally good or whether politics is destined to involve dirty hands or the loss of integrity, as many modern philosophers claim. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Susan Mendus (University of York UK)Publisher: Polity Press Imprint: Polity Press Dimensions: Width: 14.10cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 19.10cm Weight: 0.256kg ISBN: 9780745629674ISBN 10: 0745629679 Pages: 168 Publication Date: 09 October 2009 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Out of print, replaced by POD  We will order this item for you from a manufatured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsSue Mendus's examination of integrity in public life deftly combines rigourous philosophical arguments and astute empirical examples. This book is characteristically lively and very interesting: a must-read for anyone interested in the relationship between politics and morality in general, and the problem of dirty hands in particular. Cecile Fabre, University of Edinburgh It is all too easy to view politics as a dirty business that so corrupts the men and women who engage in it that those who are not lacking in moral integrity when they start out soon become so. In her careful study, Mendus explores the very real tensions that exist between personal morality and the public moral duties of politics. In the process, she shows how the conventional cynicism about political life is often misplaced - an attitude corrosive of the morality internal to politics itself. Richard Bellamy, University College, London A very good introductory text and ought to be compulsory reading for undergraduates working in political philosophy and ethics. Res Publica An elegant, insightful and incisive essay. Journal of Applied Philosophy Sue Mendus's examination of integrity in public life deftly combines rigourous philosophical arguments and astute empirical examples. This book is characteristically lively and very interesting: a must-read for anyone interested in the relationship between politics and morality in general, and the problem of dirty hands in particular. Cecile Fabre, University of Edinburgh It is all too easy to view politics as a dirty business that so corrupts the men and women who engage in it that those who are not lacking in moral integrity when they start out soon become so. In her careful study, Mendus explores the very real tensions that exist between personal morality and the public moral duties of politics. In the process, she shows how the conventional cynicism about political life is often misplaced - an attitude corrosive of the morality internal to politics itself. Richard Bellamy, University College, London Author InformationSusan Mendus is Professor of Political Philosophy and a member of the Morrell Centre for Toleration at the University of York. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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