Ethics for adversaries : the morality of roles in public and professional life /
Ethics for Adversaries is a philosophical inquiry into arguments that are offered to defend seemingly wrongful actions performed by those who occupy what Montaigne called "necessary offices."
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
©1999.
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| 100 | 1 | |a Applbaum, Arthur Isak, |d 1957- | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Ethics for adversaries : |b the morality of roles in public and professional life / |c Arthur Isak Applbaum. |
| 260 | |a Princeton, N.J. : |b Princeton University Press, |c ©1999. | ||
| 300 | |a xii, 273 pages ; |c 24 cm | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Necessary offices. Arguments for adversaries ; Professional detachment: the executioner of Paris -- Roles and reasons. Doctor, schmoctor: practice positivism and its complications ; The remains of the role ; Are lawyers liars? The argument of redescription -- Games and violations. Rules of the game and fair play ; Are violations of rights ever right? ; Ethics in equilibrium -- Authority and dissent. Democratic legitimacy and official discretion ; Montaigne's mistake. | |
| 520 | |a Ethics for Adversaries is a philosophical inquiry into arguments that are offered to defend seemingly wrongful actions performed by those who occupy what Montaigne called "necessary offices." | ||
| 520 | 8 | |a Applbaum begins by examining the career of Charles-Henri Sanson, who is appointed executioner of Paris by Louis XVI and serves the punitive needs of the ancien regime for decades. Come the French Revolution, the King's Executioner becomes the king's executioner, and he ministers with professional detachment to each defeated political faction throughout the Terror and its aftermath. By exploring one extraordinary role and the arguments that can be offered in its defense, Applbaum raises unsettling doubts about arguments in defense of less sanguinary professions and their practices. | |
| 520 | 8 | |a To justify harmful acts, adversaries appeal to arguments about the rules of the game, fair play, consent, the social construction of actions and actors, good outcomes in equilibrium, and the legitimate authority of institutions. Applbaum concludes that these arguments are weaker than supposed and do not morally justify much of the violation that professionals and public officials inflict. Institutions and the roles they create ordinarily cannot mint moral permissions to do what otherwise would be morally prohibited. | |
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| 690 | 9 | |a HKS Faculty. |5 ksg | |
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| 650 | 0 | |a Professional ethics. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Political ethics. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Adversary system (Law) | |
| 650 | 2 | |a Ethics. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Morale. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Déontologie professionnelle. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Morale politique. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Système accusatoire (Droit) | |
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| 650 | 7 | |a Ethics. |2 fast | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Political ethics. |2 fast | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Professional ethics. |2 fast | |
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| 650 | 1 | 7 | |a Beroepsethiek. |2 gtt |
| 650 | 7 | |a Juristes |x Déontologie. |2 ram | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Éthique médicale. |2 ram | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Éthique du travail. |2 ram | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Morale des affaires. |2 ram | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Morale politique. |2 ram | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Déontologie. |2 ram | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Politique et morale. |2 ram | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Système accusatoire et système inquisitoire. |2 ram | |
| 690 | 9 | |a DPI – Democracy, Politics, & Institutions. |5 ksg | |
| 690 | 9 | |a HKS Faculty. |5 ksg | |
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