(University of Ottawa)
Virtues for the Vocation of Politics: Clean Hands, not Tender Heart
This article aims to rebut the
claim about Dirty Hands (DH) in politics and reorient the issue.
Allegedly, decent politicians must sometimes do
what is right by means that are deeply wrong. DH is rejected as
contradictory, and as a consequence of moral complexity or conflicting
duties. With DH dissolved, the refocused and urgent question involves
discerning apt personality-types for politics and
its hard cases. The ideal advocated is suggested in the article's
title.
Friday, September 14th, 2018
2:30pm
University of Ottawa
Desmarais Hall
Room 8161
