Hypocrisy and Integrity : Machiavelli, Rousseau, and the Ethics of Politics
Language: English
Published by The University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London, 1997
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Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. xii, 201 pages. Challenges the ususal standards for political ethics. Arguing that hypocrisy can be constructive and that strictly principled behaviour can be destructive, the author explores the full range of ethical choices by brilliantly distinguishing among the varieties of hypocrisy and integrity. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels.
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- Title
- Hypocrisy and Integrity : Machiavelli, Rousseau, and the Ethics of Politics
- Author
- Grant, Ruth W.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London
- Publication year
- 1997
- Dust jacket
- Dust Jacket Included
- Binding
- Hardback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0226305821
- ISBN 13
- 9780226305820
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- Politics
"Exciting and provocative. . . . Grant's work is to be highly recommended, offering a fresh reading of Rousseau and Machiavelli as well as presenting a penetrating analysis of hypocrisy and integrity."—Ronald J. Terchek, American Political Science Review
"A great refreshment. . . . With liberalism's best interests at heart, Grant seeks to make available a better understanding of the limits of reason in politics."—Peter Berkowitz, New Republic
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About the Author
Ruth W. Grant is professor of political science and philosophy and senior fellow in the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University. She is the author of John Locke’s Liberalism and Hypocrisy and Integrity: Machiavelli, Rousseau and the Ethics of Politics, the latter of which received the best book award from the North American Society for Political Philosophy in 1997. She is also the editor of Naming Evil, Judging Evil and In Search of Goodness.
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