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The Foundations of Political Theory (Hardcover)
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The Foundations of Political Theory (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Revivals
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First published in 1958, The Foundations of Political Theory
strives to answer essential questions of politics by studying its
foundations. In this book, Mr. Greaves treats the state as only one
among several associations whose function is to promote entirely
human ends. He tries to reinterpret such ideas as
'self-realization' and the 'good life' in ways acceptable to
students of contemporary philosophy, who reject the theological and
metaphysical doctrines these ideas have been tied to in the past.
He insists that men get their moral standards and their ideas about
what makes life worth living by reflecting on their experience;
that there are no ultimate and self-evident moral principles. While
admitting that moral standards are subjective in the sense that we
cannot explain how men come to have them except by showing how they
serve their needs, he refuses to allow that rational argument about
them is therefore impossible. Since men are rational, since they
have purposes and ideals and not merely desires, and since they
know that to realize these purposes they must live with others,
there are moral standards acceptable to all men when their function
is understood.
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