Contemporary Politics Lost in Dead Ends? - Not Necessarily

Accepting others as dignified human beings is a moral requirement in the sense that no amount of economic calculation can justify it, yet it is the requirement on which any democratic project needs to be based if it is to be called democratic at all. [...]the greatest politicians, from Abraham Linco...

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Published in:European Quarterly on Political Attitudes and Mentalities 2013-10, Vol.2 (4), p.1
Main Author: Srbljinovic, Armano
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Conspiracy
Democracy
Morality
Politics
Polls & surveys
Society
Studies
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Summary:Accepting others as dignified human beings is a moral requirement in the sense that no amount of economic calculation can justify it, yet it is the requirement on which any democratic project needs to be based if it is to be called democratic at all. [...]the greatest politicians, from Abraham Lincoln and Mahatma Gandhi, to Vaclav Havel and Nelson Mandela, were all figures of undeniable moral integrity. [...]performing verbal acrobatics is much easier than building integrity (as reflected in the "talk is cheap" idiom), but the price to be paid is a low esteem for the politicians' profession in general.
ISSN:2285-4916