Politicians as paragons of virtue
Liberalism and Ethical Exemplification in Public Life
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6293248 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mark Evans (0000-0002-9605-6417, Swansea University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 51-69 |
| Publication date | 2004-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Political Ideologies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1356-9317 • E-ISSN: 1469-9613 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1356931032000167472 |
| OpenAlex | W2004703843 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
It is often claimed that liberals today advocate a politics which, as far as possible, eschews support for any particular ethical ideals of character. Among the considerations that may be adduced in support of this commitment is an ostensibly powerful resistance to any notion that politicians have a special responsibility to set ethical standards for those they represent. This article argues, however, that the idea of politicians as ‘ethical exemplars’ can be presented in a form to which liberals could in fact be consistently sympathetic. Minor though the idea's role in a liberal conception of politics may be, the argument in support of it highlights a little-noticed way in which the ethical-impartialist reading of ‘liberalism’ is impoverished
Argument (complex analysis · Classical liberalism · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Exemplification · Ideology · Law and economics · Liberalism · Political science · Politics · Resistance (ecology · Sociology · Virtue · Virtue ethics · Law · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,05 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2005 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |