Political Hypocrisy

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Author	: David Runciman
Publisher	: Princeton University Press
Total Pages	: 286
Release	: 2010-08
ISBN-10	: 9780691148151
ISBN-13	: 0691148155
Rating	: 4/5 (51 Downloads)

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Book Synopsis Political Hypocrisy by : David Runciman

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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