Political Conduct(English, Hardcover, Philp Mark)

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Political Conduct(English, Hardcover, Philp Mark) is written by Philp Mark and published by Harvard University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0674024885 (ISBN 10) and 9780674024885 (ISBN 13).

This book explores how the processes and practices of politics shape political values, such as liberty, justice, equality, and democracy. Mining the history of political episodes and political thinkers, including Caesar and Machiavelli, Mark Philp argues that it is through political activity that "values are articulated and embraced, and they become powerful motivating forces." Political Conduct is thus an attempt to inform and enrich political theory--to show that its principles would be more relevant to actual politics if they were immersed in history and practice. Philp argues for a separation between moral and political philosophy and proposes that a less abstract and ideal approach to political philosophy than that provided by Rawls, Dworkin, Nagel, and Cohen would be more useful in illuminating the conduct of politicians and the limitations on what they can achieve.