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Political Vices
Language: en
Pages: 249
Authors: Mark E. Button
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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This book explores our uniquely political vices: hubris, willful blindness, and recalcitrance. According to Mark Button this overlooked class of vice encompasse
Ordinary Vices
Language: en
Pages: 290
Authors: Judith N. Shklar
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 1984 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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The seven deadly sins of Christianity represent the abysses of character, whereas Shklar's "ordinary vices"--cruelty, hypocrisy, snobbery, betrayal, and misanth
Political Vices
Language: en
Pages: 240
Authors: Mark E. Button
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-01-04 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Historically speaking, our vices, like our virtues, have come in two basic forms: intellectual and moral. One of the main purposes of this book is to analyze a
Vices of the Mind
Language: en
Pages: 216
Authors: Quassim Cassam
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-12-06 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Leading philosopher Quassim Cassam introduces epistemic vices, drawing on recent political phenomena including Brexit and Trump to explore such 'vices of the mi
Private Virtues, Public Vices
Language: en
Pages: 259
Authors: Emma Saunders-Hastings
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-03-23 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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A thought-provoking challenge to our ideas about philanthropy, marking it as a deeply political activity that allows the wealthy to dictate more than we think.