Morals and Politics by Vittorio Hsle

Morals and Politics by Vittorio Hsle

In this ambitious work Hosle attempts no less than an outline of a political ethics for the twenty-first century. He not only raises the question of the relationship between morals and politics but proposes a relatively complex answer to it. European conviction that political philosophy must be based on ethics and the more modern notion that ethical arguments themselves have a political function. Hosle's goal is to create a concrete political ethics for the situation in which humanity finds itself today. This book is divided into three parts. In the first, Hosle defines the problem through a comprehensive survey of political thought. In the second, he addresses the character of human nature, of power, and of the state and its history. Finally, he deals with the philosophy of law as well as with questions concerning the right of resistance and just war theory. Sweeping in its scope and forceful in its conclusions, Morals and Politics will reshape the way many think about politics and political philosophy.

"This book is impressive for its detail and sweepVarious sections of the book will be useful for scholars in political science, political philosophy, and analytic sociology. Recommended." —Choice

"Hösle lays out on a massive scale what it means to be human. In deeply insightful chapters the breadth and interconnectedness of the multiple (and mutually implicating) dimensions of human life are unfolded. The author blends together considerations of economics, religion, culture, philosophy, the law, the arts, domestic and foreign policy, but always doing justice to their different origins, purposes, nature, methods and scope. This is an intriguing and learned work, on a huge scale. . . . In places this weighty tome reminded the reviewer of the intellectual challenge posed by reading Lonergan's Insight or Blondel's L'Action. . . . The author defends cogently his conviction that political philosophy must be based on ethics, while being aware that ethical arguments themselves have a political function." —The Heythrop Journal

Vittorio Hösle is Paul G. Kimball Chair of Arts and Letters in the Department of German Languages & Literatures, concurrent professor of philosophy, and concurrent professor of government and international studies at the University of Notre Dame.

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ISBN 13	9780268030650
ISBN 10	0268030650
Title	Morals and Politics
Author	Vittorio Hösle
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	University of Notre Dame Press
Year published	2004-12-01
Number of pages	1014
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