Political Hypocrisy
Author | : David Runciman |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 286 |
Release | : 2010-08 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780691148151 |
ISBN-13 | : 0691148155 |
Rating | : 4/5 (155 Downloads) |
Download or read book Political Hypocrisy written by David Runciman and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2010-08 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.