Politics and Morality

IGOR PRIMORATZ is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Principal Research Fellow, Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, University of Melbourne, Australia. He is the author of Justifying Legal Punishment and Ethics and Sex, editor of Human Sexuality, Patriotism and Terrorism: The Philosophical Issues, and co-editor of Identity, Self-Determination and Secession.

• Introduction; I.Primoratz PART I Dirty Hands: Doing Wrong to do Right; S.de Wijze There is no Dilemma of Dirty Hands; K.Nielsen Punishing the Dirty; N.Levy The Moral, the Personal and the Political; G.Cullity Professional Ethics for Politicians?; A.Alexandra Noble Cause Corruption in Politics; S.Miller The Moral Reality in Realism; C.A.J.Coady PART II Patriotism: Its Moral Credentials; J.Gaffney Political Complicity: Democracy and Shared Responsibility; J.Thompson 'Barbarians at the Gates': The Moral Costs of Political Community; R.Sparrow Lying and Politics; D.W.Lovell Torture and Political Morality; J.Kleinig Military Obedience: Rhetoric and Reality; J.Wolfendale Index