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Public and Private Morality

by Stuart Hampshire

  • Paperback
  • 152 pages
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • 14 x 21.6 x 0.9 cm

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How far can we apply the same moral principles to both public and private behaviour. In the interests of effective political action, are we right to accept acts of deceit, exploitation or force which we would regard as unacceptable in private relations with individuals? What means can be properly adopted in the promotion of great public causes? The problem of 'dirty hands' in politics was posed most strikingly by Machiavelli. It has re-emerged this century in a pressing and, to some extent, a new form, in connection with the two World Wars and more recently the Vietnam War, where the political decisions and the destruction, and risks of destruction, have been of a scale and character not previously experienced. The contributors, including Bernard Williams, Thomas Nagel, T. M. Scanlon, and Ronald Dworkin, examine the background to this problem in moral and political theory.
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  • Author

    Stuart Hampshire

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Cambridge University Press

  • Published

    October 1978

  • Weight

    218g

  • Page Count

    152

  • Dimensions

    14 x 21.6 x 0.9 cm

  • ISBN

    9780521293525

  • ISBN-10

    0521293529

  • Eden Code

    4574945

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