Philosophizing the Indefensible - Strategic Political Theory

Philosophizing the indefensible asks what distinctive contributions political philosophers might make when reflecting on blatant moral failures in public policy - the kinds of failures that philosophers usually dismiss as theoretically un-interesting, even if practically important.

List of contents

• 1: The case for strategic political theory


• 2: Who's the republic's enemy? Netanyahu, Arab political parties, and Israel's political crisis


• 3: The Christian right, abortion, and Trump


• 4: Too big to fail and too big to jail? A strategic response to corporate crime


• 5: Strategic theorizing, corporations, and dictators


• 6: Strategic environmentalism: oil, gas, and green energy

About the author

Shmuel Nili's work focuses on links between domestic and global injustice, particularly as these relate to corporate agency, corruption, and abuse of power. He has published widely on these themes in multiple leading journals, including articles in Ethics (2019 and 2020), Journal of Political Philosophy, the American Political Science Review, the American Journal of Political Science, and the Journal of Politics. The same themes also dominate Nili's first two books, The People's Duty (Cambridge University Press, 2019), and Integrity, Personal and Political (Oxford University Press, 2020).

Summary

Philosophizing the indefensible asks what distinctive contributions political philosophers might make when reflecting on blatant moral failures in public policy - the kinds of failures that philosophers usually dismiss as theoretically un-interesting, even if practically important.

Additional text

Recommended. Advanced undergraduates through faculty.

Product details

• Authors: Shmuel Nili, Shmuel (Assistant Professor of Political Sci Nili, Shmuel (Associate Professor of Political Sci Nili
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.10.2023
• EAN: 9780198872160
• ISBN: 978-0-19-887216-0
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, Political science & theory, Political structure & processes, Public Administration, Political science and theory, Political structure and processes