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This paper examines Isaiah Berlin's discussions of the ethics of political action, and particularly his attempt to set out an ethics of political moderation -- and a moderate approach to political ethics -- that would steer between the extremes of purism and Utopian ideologies on one side, and of 'realism' (by which Berlin meant a cynical, unprincipled approach to political action) on the other. It also seeks to show that Berlin's account of both extreme idealism and 'realism' pointed to underlying similarities and connections between them, to which his own ethical stance stood opposed. |
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Name: American Political Science Association
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| Cherniss, Joshua. ""Between Realism and Idealism: Isaiah Berlin on Moderation and Political Ethics'" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Hyatt Regency Chicago and the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers, Chicago, IL, Aug 30, 2007 <Not Available>. 2011-06-09 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p209279_index.html> |
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| Cherniss, J. , 2007-08-30 ""Between Realism and Idealism: Isaiah Berlin on Moderation and Political Ethics'" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Hyatt Regency Chicago and the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers, Chicago, IL Online <PDF>. 2011-06-09 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p209279_index.html |
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Abstract: This paper examines Isaiah Berlin's discussions of the ethics of political action, and particularly his attempt to set out an ethics of political moderation -- and a moderate approach to political ethics -- that would steer between the extremes of purism and Utopian ideologies on one side, and of 'realism' (by which Berlin meant a cynical, unprincipled approach to political action) on the other. It also seeks to show that Berlin's account of both extreme idealism and 'realism' pointed to underlying similarities and connections between them, to which his own ethical stance stood opposed. |
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| Between Realism and Idealism: Isaiah Berlin on Moderation and Political Ethics Paper Prepared for Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association Chicago IL August 30-Sept 2 2007* Joshua L. Cherniss PhD Candidate in Government Harvard University 1737 Cambridge St Cambridge MA 02138 cherniss@fas.harvard.edu NB: This paper is an early draft from an ongoing project; please do not quote or cite without the author’s permission. This paper also draws on my contribution to George Crowder and |
| is right because you fear that you (or others) will not when it is pushed too far have enough moral courage (or strength) to stop it then. The great weakness & vanity is search for general principles of permanent reliability: even pragmatists do: whereas one shd have the courage I suppose to die for undemonstrated & unself-evident positions not bolstered up by absolute faith. Ever wary of final positions ever resistant to coming to rest Berlin immediately added – |
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