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25%OFFAvishai Margalit - On Compromise and Rotten Compromises - 9780691158129 - V9780691158129
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On Compromise and Rotten Compromises

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Description for On Compromise and Rotten Compromises Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 208 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 270.
When is political compromise acceptable--and when is it fundamentally rotten, something we should never accept, come what may? What if a rotten compromise is politically necessary? Compromise is a great political virtue, especially for the sake of peace. But, as Avishai Margalit argues, there are moral limits to acceptable compromise even for peace. But just what are those limits? At what point does peace secured with compromise become unjust? Focusing attention on vitally important questions that have received surprisingly little attention, Margalit argues that we should be concerned not only with what makes a just war, but also with what ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
269g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691158129
SKU
V9780691158129
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99-1

About Avishai Margalit
Avishai Margalit's most recent book (with Ian Buruma) is Occidentalism: The West in the Eyes of Its Enemies (Penguin). His other books include The Ethics of Memory and The Decent Society. A professor emeritus of philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Margalit is a member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities.

Reviews for On Compromise and Rotten Compromises
Avishai Margalit, Winner of the 2012 Ernst-Bloch-Prize Winner of the 2012 Philosophical Book Award, The Hannover Institute of Philosophical Research "In a provocative book, Margalit
a professor emeritus of philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the George F. Kennan Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study, in Princeton
claims that 'rotten compromises are not allowed, even for the sake of ... Read more

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