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Book Description: 'This is an intriguing and learned work on a huge scale. . . . In places this weighty tome reminded the reviewer of the intellectual challenge posed by reading Lonergan's Insight or Blondel's 'Action. . . . The author defends cogently his conviction that political philosophy must be based on ethics, while being aware that ethical arguments themselves have a political function. Because of the vast scale of the topics covered and the great care in addressing each of them in detail, the consistency and coherence of the ethical approach to politics revealed here is exemplary in its cogency, at the same time as offering inspiration and guidance for politicians, policy makers, and indeed for all responsible citizens.' Heythrop Journal When Moral und Politik was first published in Germany it provoked heated debate both in and out of the classroom. It even prompted Vittorio H sle's critics to publish a collection of essays that responded to his provocative arguments. Available for the first time in an English translation, Morals and Politics, a tour de force, is certain to once again cause considerable discussion. In this ambitious work, H sle attempts no less than an outline of a political ethics for the twenty first century. He raises the question of the relationship between morals and politics and proposes a relatively complex answer to it. This answer involves a search for a synthesis between the classical European conviction that political philosophy must be based on ethics and the more modern notion that ethical arguments themselves have a political function. H sle's goal is to create a concrete political ethics for the situation in which humanity finds itself today. This book is divided into three parts. In the first, H sle defines the problem through a comprehensive survey of political thought. In the second, he addresses the character of human nature, of power, and of the state and its history. Finally, he deals with the philosophy of law as well as with questions concerning the right of resistance and just war theory. Sweeping in its scope and forceful in its conclusions, Morals and Politics will reshape the way many think about politics and political philosophy.

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