Amoral Politics: The Persistent Truth of Machiavellism by Scharfstein, Ben-Ami

Amoral Politics: The Persistent Truth of Machiavellism

This is a study of how and why politics is amoral. It deals especially with what the...
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Author: Ben-Ami Scharfstein
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Amoral Politics: The Persistent Truth of Machiavellism by Scharfstein, Ben-Ami

Amoral Politics: The Persistent Truth of Machiavellism

$103.51

Amoral Politics: The Persistent Truth of Machiavellism

$103.51
Author: Ben-Ami Scharfstein
Format: Paperback
Language: English
This is a study of how and why politics is amoral. It deals especially with what the author terms Machiavellism--the disregard of moral scruples for political ends that leads to the justification and use of deception and force in all aspects of political life. A comparative cultural study, it examines the theory and practice of politics in ancient China, ancient India, Renaissance Italy, and modern Europe, as well as tribal cultures, in order to test how widespread such political amorality has been throughout history.

Scharfstein concludes that political or ethical theories that do not view Machiavellism as inseparable from political life are inadequate to human affairs and of doubtful relevance to politics. In reaching this conclusion, he explores such topics as why people readily accept political violations of truthfulness and fairness; whether decisive philosophical arguments have been advanced against Machiavellism; whether the use of deception in politics is in politicians' own best interests; and whether the prevalence of Machiavellism rules out the likelihood of a better political future.

Author: Ben-Ami Scharfstein
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 03/09/1995
Pages: 342
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.04lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.91w x 0.79d
ISBN: 9780791422809

About the Author
Ben-Ami Scharfstein is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Tel-Aviv University. He is the author of The Philosophers: Their Lives and the Nature of Their Thought; Of Birds, Beasts, and Other Artists: An Essay on the Universality of Art; The Dilemma of Context; and Ineffability: The Failure of Words in Philosophy and Religion, also published by SUNY Press.


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