Margalit On Compromise and Rotten Compromises

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ISBN: 978-1-4008-3121-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
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E-Book, Englisch, 240 Seiten

A searching examination of the moral limits of political compromise

When is political compromise acceptable—and when is it fundamentally rotten, something we should never accept, come what may? What if a rotten compromise is politically necessary? Compromise is a great political virtue, especially for the sake of peace. But, as Avishai Margalit argues, there are moral limits to acceptable compromise even for peace. But just what are those limits? At what point does peace secured with compromise become unjust? Focusing attention on vitally important questions that have received surprisingly little attention, Margalit argues that we should be concerned not only with what makes a just war, but also with what kind of compromise allows for a just peace.

Examining a wide range of examples, including the Munich Agreement, the Yalta Conference, and Arab-Israeli peace negotiations, Margalit provides a searching examination of the nature of political compromise in its various forms. Combining philosophy, politics, and history, and written in a vivid and accessible style, On Compromise and Rotten Compromises is full of surprising new insights about war, peace, justice, and sectarianism.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Margalit, Avishai

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction: Why Compromise? 1

Chapter 1: Two Pictures of Political Compromise 19

Chapter 2: Varieties of Compromise 39

Chapter 3: Compromising for Peace 69

Chapter 4: Compromise and Political Necessity 89

Chapter 5: The Morality of Rotten Compromises 121

Chapter 6: Sectarianism and Compromise 147

Conclusion: Between Evil and Radical Evil 175

Notes 199

Index 211

Über Autor(innen)

Avishai Margalit's most recent book (with Ian Buruma) is Occidentalism: The West in the Eyes of Its Enemies (Penguin). His other books include The Ethics of Memory and The Decent Society. A professor emeritus of philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Margalit is a member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities.