Political Hypocrisy

Political Hypocrisy
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Publisher : Princeton University Press
Total Pages : 286
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ISBN-10 : 9780691148151
ISBN-13 : 0691148155
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Book Synopsis Political Hypocrisy by : David Runciman

Download or read book Political Hypocrisy written by David Runciman and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2010-08 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A critical assessement of the problems of sincerity and truth in politics argues that we should accept hypocrisy as a fact of politics without resigning ourselves to it or embracing it, drawing on the lessons of such thinkers as Hobbes, Mandeville, Jefferson, Bentham, Sigwick, and Orwell.


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