The Political Morality of the Late Scholastics

Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-1-108-71669-7
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 248 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 340 g

The Late Scholastics, writing in Europe in the Baroque and Early Modern periods, discussed a wide variety of moral questions relating to political life in times of both peace and war. Is it ever permissible to bribe voters? Can tax evasion be morally justified? What are the moral duties of artists? Is it acceptable to fight in a war one believes to be unjust? May we surrender innocents to the enemy if it is necessary to save the state? These questions are no less relevant for philosophers and politicians today than they were for late scholastic thinkers. By bringing into play the opinions and arguments of numerous authors, many of them little known or entirely forgotten, this book is the first to provide an in-depth treatment of the dynamic and controversial nature of late scholastic applied moral thinking which demonstrates its richness and diversity.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schwartz, Daniel

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Mittelalterliche & Scholastische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I. Civic Life: 1. The ethics of electoral bribing; 2. The ethics of tax evasion; 3. Keeping out the foreign poor: the city as a private person; 4. The political duty to keep your secrets; 5. Scandal and inexcusable portraits; Part II. War: 6. Conscientious objection in war: from duty to right; 7. Patriotic collaborationism: Demosthenes and Alexander; 8. War and the boundaries of punitive jurisdiction; 9. Justice after victory; Concluding remarks; Bibliography; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Schwartz, Daniel
Daniel Schwartz is Senior Lecturer in the Departments of Political Science and International Relations at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is the author of Aquinas on Friendship (2007) and the editor of Interpreting Suárez (Cambridge, 2011).