312 Pages
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Central European University Press
312 Pages
by
Central European University Press
In a world where politics is often associated with notions such as moral decay, frustration and disappointment, the feeling of betrayal, and of democracy in trouble, Kis examines theories about the morality of political action. Amending the two classical theses of realism and of indirect motivation in politics, Kis argues for a constrained thesis of realism and a wide thesis of indirect... Read more
1. Introduction, 2. The circumstances of politics, 3. Realism: the unconstrained thesis, 4. Indirect motivation: the narrow thesis, 5. Outlines of a neo-classical theory, 6. Realism: the constrained thesis, 7. Indirect motivation: the wide thesis, 8. Dirty hands in politics, 9. Dirty hands in moral theory, Appendix “Living in truth”, Index
Biography
János Kis is professor of political science and of philosophy at the Central European University, and Senior Research Fellow at the CEU Democracy Institute.
