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Contributing authors present differing appreciations both of the extent to which there are dirty hands in political decision-making and actions, and of the justifiability of such conduct if and when it presents itself.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eDefenders of dirty hands make the argument (in various ways) that sometimes cruelty and\/or deception are necessary means to achieve a desirable end. The desirable goal may be advancing the greater good or it may mean preventing a considerable evil. On the other hand, there are a variety of strong arguments for rejecting the practice as well as the theoretical justifications of dirty-handed activity. The book presents arguments and analyses pro and con for using normally repugnant methods to advance worthy ends.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe dirty hands problem sets ethicists, political theorists, and social philosophers against one another on empirical, logical, and normative grounds, leaving it to readers to form their own views. However, the debate about dirty hands is also directly relevant to the consideration of ethical problems in a more general sense because its ultimate concern--how to act rightly when moral rules point in contradictory directions--can come to the fore in many circumstances in social life.  Accordingly, several of the essays address broad moral questions beyond the dilemmas faced by political leaders.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49555233702161,"sku":"GOR013726590","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":53044393935121,"sku":"CIN1551111969G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1551111969.jpg?v=1763475291"},{"product_id":"federalism-and-political-community-book-david-shugarman-9780921149446","title":"Federalism and Political Community","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis volume combines 24 essays by a remarkable group of leading Canadian political scientists. Covering such topics as regionalism, the role of the state in Canadian life, bilingualism, the constitution and the charter of rights, communications policy and the role of the media in politics, the book offers a fully rounded picture of Canadian politics as the 1980s draw to a close. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe occasion that inspired this remarkable meeting of minds was a conference at York University in honour of David Smiley, who for over two generations has exerted enormous influence, both through his teaching and through his many writings, on the way in which Canadians view their political system. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book includes four essays on Smiley and the importance of his work, an address by Smiley himself, and a full bibliography of his writings. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52592533799185,"sku":"NLS9780921149446","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780921149446.jpg?v=1761066123"},{"product_id":"thinking-about-change-book-david-shugarman-9780802062512","title":"Thinking About Change","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe momentum of institutional, attitudinal, and environmental change in western society has accelerated to such a degree that the processes of social evolution appear to be out of control. In the past, social change has been legitimated in terms of progress towards prosperity and freedom but now the disadvantages produced are as great as the advantages. This book of essays by members of the University League for Social Reform is sharply critical of liberal attitudes to social change. Carefully and deliberately written the essays challenge popularly held notions of change; they are stimulating, provocative, and liberating. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe first three essays, focusing on the socio-psychological realm of politics, explore the contributions of Freud, Marx, and Marcuse to the central question of what constitutes man's humanity. These are followed by an analysis of the FLQ crisis of 1970 from an Aristotelian point of view and an argument in favour of de Tocqueville's theory of institutional viability over Marx's theory of change. Two essays direct attention to some of the problems associated with technological determinism. 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