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Ethics, Politics, and Democracy : From Primordial Principles to Prospective Practices.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: The MIT Press SeriesPublisher: Cambridge : MIT Press, 2009Copyright date: ©2009Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (378 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780262270397
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Ethics, Politics, and DemocracyDDC classification:
  • 172
LOC classification:
  • JC423.E79 2008
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1 Prisoners of Our Dilemmas -- 2 Law and Morality in Ancient Near Eastern Thought -- 3 On an Ethic of Peace Grounded on Justice -- 4 Ethics, Modernity, and Human-Animal Relations -- 5 The Future of Genetics in Medicine -- 6 Ego and Ethos -- 7 Trust, Ethics, and Markets -- 8 Ethics, Morals, and the State -- 9 Ethics, Morality, and Religion -- 10 Exclusion, Fear, and Identity in Emerging Democracies -- 11 Politics of Ethics -- 12 The Problem of a Democratic Ethic -- 13 On the Need and Requirements for a Global Ethic of Communication -- 14 The Long Road Ahead -- About the Authors -- Name Index -- Subject Index.
Summary: Interdisciplinary discussion of the normative underpinnings of political governance from Ancient Mesopotamia to modern America.
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1 Prisoners of Our Dilemmas -- 2 Law and Morality in Ancient Near Eastern Thought -- 3 On an Ethic of Peace Grounded on Justice -- 4 Ethics, Modernity, and Human-Animal Relations -- 5 The Future of Genetics in Medicine -- 6 Ego and Ethos -- 7 Trust, Ethics, and Markets -- 8 Ethics, Morals, and the State -- 9 Ethics, Morality, and Religion -- 10 Exclusion, Fear, and Identity in Emerging Democracies -- 11 Politics of Ethics -- 12 The Problem of a Democratic Ethic -- 13 On the Need and Requirements for a Global Ethic of Communication -- 14 The Long Road Ahead -- About the Authors -- Name Index -- Subject Index.

Interdisciplinary discussion of the normative underpinnings of political governance from Ancient Mesopotamia to modern America.

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