The Tragic Vision of Politics - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Tragic Vision of Politics write by Richard Ned Lebow. This book was released on 2003-10-30. The Tragic Vision of Politics available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Is it possible to preserve national security through ethical policies? Richard Ned Lebow seeks to show that ethics are actually essential to the national interest. Recapturing the wisdom of classical realism through a close reading of the texts of Thucydides, Clausewitz and Hans Morgenthau, Lebow argues that, unlike many modern realists, classic realists saw close links between domestic and international politics, and between interests and ethics. Lebow uses this analysis to offer a powerful critique of post-Cold War American foreign policy. He also develops an ontological foundation for ethics and makes the case for an alternate ontology for social science based on Greek tragedy s understanding of life and politics. This is a topical and accessible book, written by a leading scholar in the field.
A Conflict of Visions
A Conflict of Visions - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Conflict of Visions write by Thomas Sowell. This book was released on 2007-06-05. A Conflict of Visions available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Thomas Sowell’s “extraordinary” explication of the competing visions of human nature lie at the heart of our political conflicts (New York Times) Controversies in politics arise from many sources, but the conflicts that endure for generations or centuries show a remarkably consistent pattern. In this classic work, Thomas Sowell analyzes this pattern. He describes the two competing visions that shape our debates about the nature of reason, justice, equality, and power: the "constrained" vision, which sees human nature as unchanging and selfish, and the "unconstrained" vision, in which human nature is malleable and perfectible. A Conflict of Visions offers a convincing case that ethical and policy disputes circle around the disparity between both outlooks.
Politics Without Vision
Politics Without Vision - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Politics Without Vision write by Tracy B. Strong. This book was released on 2012-04-20. Politics Without Vision available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Politics without Vision takes up the thought of seven influential thinkers, each of whom attempted to construct a political solution to this problem: Nietzsche, Weber, Freud, Lenin, Schmitt, Heidegger, and Arendt. None of these theorists were liberals nor, excepting possibly Arendt, were they democrats—and some might even be said to have served as handmaidens to totalitarianism. And all to a greater or lesser extent shared the common conviction that the institutions and practices of liberalism are inadequate to the demands and stresses of the present times. In examining their thought, Strong acknowledges the political evil that some of their ideas served to foster but argues that these were not necessarily the only paths their explorations could have taken. By uncovering the turning points in their thought—and the paths not taken—Strong strives to develop a political theory that can avoid, and perhaps help explain, the mistakes of the past while furthering the democratic impulse.
Ethics and International Relations
Ethics and International Relations - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ethics and International Relations write by Richard Ned Lebow. This book was released on 2020-10. Ethics and International Relations available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Lebow shows how and why foreign policies consistent with ethical norms are more likely to succeed, and those at odds with them to fail.
Tragic Vision and Divine Compassion
Tragic Vision and Divine Compassion - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Tragic Vision and Divine Compassion write by Wendy Farley. This book was released on 1990-01-01. Tragic Vision and Divine Compassion available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Offering an alternative to classic Christian theodicies (justification of God's goodness and omnipotence in view of the existence of evil), Wendy Farley interprets the problem of evil and suffering within a tragic context, advocating compassion to describe the power of God in the struggle against evil.
