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Taking the long view of conflicts between truth and political power
Truth and Governance will open readers' eyes to the variety of possible approaches to the relationship between truth and governance. Readers will find views they thought self-evident challenged and will come away with a greater understanding of the importance of truth and truth-telling, and of how to counter deliberate deception.
List of contents
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Contents:
Acknowledgments
Introduction, William A. Galston and Tom G. Palmer
Hinduism, Nimai M. Mehta, Karti Sandilya, and Bhakti Patil
Buddhism, Karma Lekshe Tsomo
Judaism, Suzanne Last Stone
Christianity, Craig Hovey
Islam, Sohail H. Hashmi
Confucianism, Sungmoon Kim
Natural Law, Christopher Tollefsen
Liberalism, Aaron J. Ancell
Feminism, Emma Saunders-Hastings
Political Realism, Elizabeth Markovits
Comparing the Traditions, William A. Galston
Selected and Annotated Bibliography
Contributors
Index
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About the author
William A. Galston holds the Ezra K. Zilkha Chair in the Brookings Institution's Governance Studies Program. He was previously the Saul Stern Professor and Acting Dean at the School of Public Policy, University of Maryland, and director of the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy. He served from 1993 to 1995 as Deputy Assistant to President Clinton for Domestic Policy. He has a regular column in the
Wall Street Journal.
Tom G. Palmer is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and executive vice president for international programs at Atlas Network, where he works with a global network of research institutes. His writings have appeared in
Foreign Policy,
Washington Post,
Wall Street Journal, and other popular and academic publications.
Summary
This book will open readers' eyes to the variety of possible approaches to the relationship between truth and governance. Readers will find views they thought self-evident challenged, and will come away with a greater understanding of the importance of truth and truth-telling and of how to counter deliberate deception.
