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Subject(s)

• Political ethics [Browse]
• Compromise (Ethics) [Browse]
• Hypocrisy [Browse]
• Machiavelli, Niccolò 1469-1527 [Browse]
• Rousseau, Jean-Jacques 1712-1778 [Browse]

Summary note

Questioning the usual judgements of political ethics, Ruth W. Grant argues that hypocrisy can actually be constructive while strictly principled behavior can be destructive. Hypocrisy and Integrity offers a new conceptual framework that clarifies the differences between idealism and fanaticism while it uncovers the moral limits of compromise. "Exciting and provocative. . . . Grant's work is to be highly recommended, offering a fresh reading of Rousseau and Machiavelli as well as presenting a penetrating analysis of hypocrisy and integrity."-Ronald J. Terchek, American Political Science Review "A great refreshment. . . . With liberalism's best interests at heart, Grant seeks to make available a better understanding of the limits of reason in politics."-Peter Berkowitz, New Republic

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Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. 182-188) and index.

Language note

English

Contents

• Front matter
• CONTENTS
• Acknowledgments
• Abbreviations
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Machiavelli and the Case for Hypocrisy
• 3. Molière, Rousseau, and the Ideal of Integrity
• 4. Rousseau's Political Ethics
• 5. Rousseau's Political Ethics
• 6. Conclusion
• Works Cited
• Index

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Other title(s)

Hypocrisy & integrity

ISBN

• 1-281-43043-9
• 9786611430436
• 0-226-30592-9

OCLC

• 437247643
• 1055414821

Doi

• 10.7208/9780226305929

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