Examines change in the normative underpinnings of both ancient and modern practices of political governance, public duties, and personal responsibilities

This study goes to the heart of ethics and politics. Strongly argued and lucidly written, the book makes a crucial distinction between two forms of democracy

When a government in a democracy acts in our name, are we, as citizens, responsible for those acts? What if the government commits a moral crime? The protestor'

If confronted with a democratic result they regard as intolerable, should citizens revolt or pursue democratic means of social change?

What is the spirit that animates collective action? What is the ethos of democracy? Worldly Ethics offers a powerful and original response to these questions, a