Paradoxes of political ethics
By: John M. Parrish
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 283
ISBN-13: 9780511371097; 9780511370090
Subjects: Political ethics; POLITICAL SCIENCE; General
Description: How do the facts of political responsibility shape and constrain the demands of ethical life?
Notes: "From dirty hands to the invisible hand"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: The pre-modern origins of dirty hands; title: For the sake of the city; title: Two cities and two loves; title: Dirty hands nowhere and everywhere; title: Renaissance dilemmas; title: Hobbes's choice; title: From dirty hands to the invisible hand; title: Dirty hands commercialized; title: How dirty hands become invisible: Adam Smith's solution; title: Conclusion.