Introduction; 1. For the sake of the city; 2. Two cities and two loves; 3. Renaissance dilemmas; 4. Hobbes's choice; 5. Dirty hands commercialised; 6. How dirty hands become invisible: Adam Smith's solution; Conclusion.
How do the facts of political responsibility shape and constrain the demands of ethical life?
John M. Parrish is Assistant Professor, Department Political Science, Loyola Marymount University.
Review of the hardback: 'Good books on the history of political
thought achieve two things. They enhance our understanding of how
certain political concepts developed through a historical period
and they uncover lessons in the histories of the concepts they
study for how we understand politics today. Professor John M.
Parrish's book, while devoting most of its attention to the former
task, also offers a good deal of the latter.' Notre Dame
Philosophical Reviews
'An unusual and highly erudite book about the history of getting
one's hands dirty in public life.… The author urges us to call into
question the variety of more excuses offered for public conduct and
to compel our representatives to answer themselves - a bold and
surely justified demand.' Network Review
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