Ruling Passions
Subtitle: Political Offices and Democratic Ethics
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: February 4, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780691088303
Subjects: Political leaders & leadership; Political science & theory; Political structures: democracy; United States; Politicians; Political Process - General; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Politics, Practical; Political Ideologies - Democracy; Political Process - Elections; Political Philosophy; Political Science / History & Theory; Political Science and International Relations; International Relations - General; Political ethics; Politics and government
First sentence: IN THINKING ABOUT what politicians should do and the qualities of character that will help them do it, we have conflicting intuitions.