How far can we apply the same moral principles to both public and
private behaviour? In the interests of effective political action,
are we right to accept acts of deceit, exploitation or force which
we would regard as unacceptable in private relations with
individuals? What means can be properly adopted in the promotion of
great public causes?
The problem of 'dirty hands' in politics was posed most
strikingly by Machiavelli. It has re-emerged this century in a
pressing and, to some extent, a new form, in connection with the
two World Wars and more recently the Vietnam War, where the
political decisions and the destruction, and risks of destruction,
have been of a scale and character not previously experienced.
The contributors to this volume examine the background to this
problem in moral and political theory. Stuart Hampshire, Bernard
Williams and Thomas Nagel consider the continuities and
discontinuities between public and private morality and the modes
of rationality that might be appropriate to each. T. M. Scanlon and
Ronald Dworkin consider more generally the type of moral claim on
which political arguments turn; they look for a rational foundation
for contemporary liberal attitudes.
The volume will be of interest to students of political theory
and ethics, and to anyone concerned with or about political issues
and political life.
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