The Moral Foundations of Politics
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2003
Yale University Press (Verlag)
978-0-300-07907-4 (ISBN)
Yale University Press (Verlag)
978-0-300-07907-4 (ISBN)
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When do governments merit our allegiance, and when should they be denied it? In this investigation of this most enduring of political dilemmas, Ian Shapiro discusses the different answers proposed by the major political theorists over the past four centuries, then presents his own arguments.
When do governments merit our allegiance, and when should they be denied it? In this investigation of this most enduring of political dilemmas, Ian Shapiro discusses the different answers that have been proposed by the major political theorists in the utilitarian, Marxist, and social contract traditions over the past four centuries. Showing how these political philosophies have all been decisively shaped by the core values of the Enlightenment, he demonstrates that each one contains useful insights that survive their failures as comprehensive doctrines and that should inform our thinking about political legitimacy. Shapiro then turns to the democratic tradition. Exploring the main arguments for and against democracy from Plato's time until our own, he argues that democracy offers the best resources for realizing the Enlightenment's promise and managing its internal tensions. As such, democracy supplies the most attractive available basis for political legitimacy.
When do governments merit our allegiance, and when should they be denied it? In this investigation of this most enduring of political dilemmas, Ian Shapiro discusses the different answers that have been proposed by the major political theorists in the utilitarian, Marxist, and social contract traditions over the past four centuries. Showing how these political philosophies have all been decisively shaped by the core values of the Enlightenment, he demonstrates that each one contains useful insights that survive their failures as comprehensive doctrines and that should inform our thinking about political legitimacy. Shapiro then turns to the democratic tradition. Exploring the main arguments for and against democracy from Plato's time until our own, he argues that democracy offers the best resources for realizing the Enlightenment's promise and managing its internal tensions. As such, democracy supplies the most attractive available basis for political legitimacy.
Ian Shapiro is William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor and chairman of the department of political science at Yale University. Previous books published by Yale University Press include Democratic Justice (ISBN 0 300 08908 2, [pound]12.95 pb.) and Pathologies of Rational Choice Theory (ISBN 0 300 06636 8, pb. [pound]11.95).
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.4.2003 |
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Zusatzinfo | Illustrations |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 140 x 210 mm |
Gewicht | 462 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
ISBN-10 | 0-300-07907-9 / 0300079079 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-300-07907-4 / 9780300079074 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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