Edition |
Revised edition. |
Description |
1 online resource |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Introduction -- Hobbes and the mask of power -- Mandeville and the virtues of vice -- The American Revolution and the art of sincerity -- Bentham and the utility of fiction -- Victorian democracy and Victorian hypocrisy -- Orwell and the hypocrisy of ideology -- Conclusion: Sincerity and hypocrisy in democratic politics. |
Summary |
A critical assessement of the problems of sincerity and truth in politics argues that we should accept hypocrisy as a fact of politics without resigning ourselves to it or embracing it, drawing on the lessons of such thinkers as Hobbes, Mandeville, Jefferson, Bentham, Sigwick, and Orwell. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Political ethics.
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Political ethics. |
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Hypocrisy -- Political aspects.
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Hypocrisy. |
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Political science -- Philosophy.
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Political science -- Philosophy. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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ISBN |
9781400889662 (electronic book) |
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1400889669 (electronic book) |
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9780691180854 |
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