Cruelty and deception: the controversy over dirty hands in politics

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Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Defending Dirty Hands 1. Dirty Hands and Ordinary Life, Michael Stocker (Syracuse) 2. Missionaries and Mercenaries, Ronald Beiner (Toronto) 3. Bernard Shaw and Dirty Hands Politics: A Comparison of Mrs. Warren's Profession and Major Barbara, John Allett (York) 4. Politics, Power, and Partisanship, Tom Sorell (Essex) 5. Principles and Politics, Leah Bradshaw (Brock) 6. Justice, Expediency and Practices of Thinking, Evan Simpson (McMaster) 7. Democratic Legitimacy and Official Discretion, Arthur Applbaum (JFK School of Government, Harvard Part II: Rejecting Dirty Hands 8. There is No Dilemma of Dirty Hands, Kai Nielson (Emeritus, Calgary) 9. On the One Hand and On the Other, Michael Yeo (Research Directorate, Canadian Medical Association) 10. Bribery, Business, and The Problem of Dirty Hands, A. W. Cragg (York) 11. Hands: Clean and Tied or Dirty and Bloody, Michael McDonald (British Columbia) 12. Ethical Politics and the Clinton Affair, Ian Greene and David P. Shugarman (both at York) 13. Retrospection and Democracy: Bringing Political Conduct Under the Constitution, S.L. Sutherland (Carleton) 14. Democratic Dirty Hands?, David P. Shugarman (York) Appendix: Selected Classic Statements of Dirty Hands: Excerpts from Machiavelli, Weber, Sartre, and Walzer Selective Bibliography Index