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Tony Coady explores the challenges that morality poses to politics. He steers a course between realism, which rejects morality in politics, and moralism, which has a distorting influence on a realistic political morality; he seeks to rehabilitate the concept of ideals; and he discusses the contentious topics of 'dirty hands' and lying in politics.
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Messy morality. The challenge of politics, C. A. J. Coady
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- Released
- 2010
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- Title
- Messy morality. The challenge of politics
- Language
- English
- Authors
- C. A. J. Coady
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Released
- 2010
- ISBN10
- 0199594988
- ISBN13
- 9780199594986
- Collection
- Uehiro series in practical ethics
- Category
- Political Science / Politics
- Description
- Tony Coady explores the challenges that morality poses to politics. He steers a course between realism, which rejects morality in politics, and moralism, which has a distorting influence on a realistic political morality; he seeks to rehabilitate the concept of ideals; and he discusses the contentious topics of 'dirty hands' and lying in politics.