Moral Foundations of Politics

Name: Moral Foundations of Politics
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ISBN: 9780300185454

ISBN-10: 0300185456

ISBN-13: 9780300185454

Edition: 2012

Authors: Ian Shapiro

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When do governments merit our allegiance, and when should they be denied it? Ian Shapiro explores this most enduring of political dilemmas in this innovative and engaging book. Building on his highly popular Yale courses, Professor Shapiro evaluates the main contending accounts of the sources of political legitimacy. Starting with theorists of the Enlightenment, he examines the arguments put forward by utilitarians, Marxists, and theorists of the social contract. Next he turns to the anti-Enlightenment tradition that stretches from Edmund Burke to contemporary post-modernists. In the last part of the book Shapiro examines partisans and critics of democracy from Plato’s time until our own.…

Book details

List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 10/30/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 0.63" wide x 0.92" long x 0.08" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English