Political Ethics and Public Office

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by Dennis F. Thompson

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Are public officials morally justified in threatening violence, engaging in deception, or forcing citizens to act for their own good? Can individual officials be held morally accountable for the wrongs that governments commit? Dennis Thompson addresses these questions by developing a conception of political ethics that respects the demands of both morality and politics. He criticizes conventional conceptions for failing to appreciate the difference...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0674686063

ISBN13:9780674686069

Release Date:January 1987

Publisher:Harvard University Press

Length:272 Pages

Weight:0.90 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.3"

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Criticism & Theory Education & Reference Elections & Political Process Ethics Ethics & Morality History & Criticism Humanities Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature

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