Political hypocrisy : the mask of power, from Hobbes to Orwell and beyond /
A critical assessement of the problems of sincerity and truth in politics argues that we should accept hypocrisy as a fact of politics without resigning ourselves to it or embracing it, drawing on the lessons of such thinkers as Hobbes, Mandeville, Jefferson, Bentham, Sigwick, and Orwell.
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| Formato: | Licensed eBooks |
| Idioma: | inglês |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press
2018.
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| Edição: | Revised edition. |
| Acesso em linha: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt1zk0mt1 |
| Resumo: | A critical assessement of the problems of sincerity and truth in politics argues that we should accept hypocrisy as a fact of politics without resigning ourselves to it or embracing it, drawing on the lessons of such thinkers as Hobbes, Mandeville, Jefferson, Bentham, Sigwick, and Orwell. |
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| Descrição Física: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400889662 1400889669 9780691180854 |