Cruelty and Deception: The Controversy Over Dirty Hands in Politics,Used

Cruelty and Deception: The Controversy Over Dirty Hands in Politics,Used

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The essays in this book deal with the appropriateness of "dirty hands" in politics, the widely held view that politics is a dirty business and those who engage in it cant help but get their hands dirtyOliver North's selfdefense in the aftermath of the IranContra affair is a good example.The book explores the meaning of the term and its implications; whether dirty hands is useful as a description of the way public figures actually behave in crisis and whether it is acceptable as a model for guiding ethical and efficacious conduct. Contributing authors present differing appreciations both of the extent to which there are dirty hands in political decisionmaking and actions, and of the justifiability of such conduct if and when it presents itself.Defenders of dirty hands make the argument (in various ways) that sometimes cruelty and/or deception are necessary means to achieve a desirable end. The desirable goal may be advancing the greater good or it may mean preventing a considerable evil. On the other hand, there are a variety of strong arguments for rejecting the practice as well as the theoretical justifications of dirtyhanded activity. The book presents arguments and analyses pro and con for using normally repugnant methods to advance worthy ends.The dirty hands problem sets ethicists, political theorists, and social philosophers against one another on empirical, logical, and normative grounds, leaving it to readers to form their own views. However, the debate about dirty hands is also directly relevant to the consideration of ethical problems in a more general sense because its ultimate concernhow to act rightly when moral rules point in contradictory directionscan come to the fore in many circumstances in social life. Accordingly, several of the essays address broad moral questions beyond the dilemmas faced by political leaders.

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