Politics And Morality

Politics and Morality Edited by Igor Primoratz Politics and Morality Also by Igor Primoratz ETHICS AND SEX HUMAN SEXUALITY (editor) IDENTITY, SELF-DETERMINATION AND SECESSION (co-editor, with Aleksandar Pavkovi´c) JUSTIFYING LEGAL PUNISHMENT PATRIOTISM (editor) TERRORISM: THE PHILOSOPHICAL ISSUES (editor) Politics and Morality Edited by Igor Primoratz Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics The University of Melbourne Editorial matter, selection and introduction © Igor Primoratz 2007; all remaining material © the respective authors 2007. All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4LP. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2007 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y. 10010 Companies and representatives throughout the world PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St. Martin’s Press, LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan® is a registered trademark in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries. Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries. ISBN-10 0-230-01965-X ISBN-13 978-0-230-01965-2 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Politics and morality/edited by Igor Primoratz. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-230–01965–X 1. Political ethics. I. Primoratz, Igor. BJ55.P65 2007 172–dc22 10 16 9 15 8 14 2006049329 7 13 6 12 5 11 4 10 3 09 2 08 1 07 Printed and bound in Great Britain by Antony Rowe Ltd, Chippenham and Eastbourne Contents Acknowledgements vii Notes on the Contributors viii Introduction xi Part I 1 Dirty Hands: Doing Wrong to do Right Stephen de Wijze 3 2 There is No Dilemma of Dirty Hands Kai Nielsen 20 3 Punishing the Dirty Neil Levy 38 4 The Moral, the Personal and the Political Garrett Cullity 54 5 Professional Ethics for Politicians? Andrew Alexandra 76 6 Noble Cause Corruption in Politics Seumas Miller 92 7 The Moral Reality in Realism C. A. J. (Tony) Coady 113 Part II 8 Patriotism: Its Moral Credentials James Gaffney 135 9 Political Complicity: Democracy and Shared Responsibility Janna Thompson 153 ‘Barbarians at the Gates’: The Moral Costs of Political Community Rob Sparrow 170 10 v vi Contents 11 Lying and Politics David W. Lovell 189 12 Torture and Political Morality John Kleinig 209 13 Military Obedience: Rhetoric and Reality Jessica Wolfendale 228 Index 247 Acknowledgements Some of the essays included in this