Political Vices

Author	: Mark E. Button
Publisher	: Oxford University Press
Total Pages	: 249
Release	: 2016
ISBN-10	: 9780190274962
ISBN-13	: 0190274964
Rating	: 4/5 (62 Downloads)

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Book Synopsis Political Vices by : Mark E. Button

Download or read book Political Vices written by Mark E. Button and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores our uniquely political vices: hubris, willful blindness, and recalcitrance. According to Mark Button this overlooked class of vice encompasses those persistent dispositions of character and conduct that threaten the functioning of democratic institutions and the trust that citizens place in these institutions to secure a just political order. Political Vices provides an account for how citizens can best contend with our most troubling political "sins" without undermining core commitments to liberalism or pluralism.

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