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1	Prince more books like this by Niccolo Machiavelli add to wishlist In his most famous work, THE PRINCE (Il Principe), Machiavelli described the ideal prince and encouraged the people of Italy to imagine what it might be like if such a person led a unified Italy. Written in 1513 and published posthumously in 1532, THE PRINCE has been interpreted both as a genuine handbook for potential rulers and as a satirical ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.24! \| first editions
2	Do the Right Thing: Inside the Movement That's Bringing Common Sense Back to America more books like this by Mike Huckabee add to wishlist Part campaign memoir, part manifesto, this work from the former governor of Arkansas and a rising star of the Republican party lays out his optimistic vision for America's future. 8-page b&w photo insert. see all copies from £5.61! new only from £6.77! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	Public Philosophy: Essays on Morality in Politics more books like this by Michael J Sandel add to wishlist In this book, Michael Sandel takes up some of the hotly contested moral and political issues of our time, including affirmative action, assisted suicide, abortion, gay rights, stem cell research, the meaning of toleration and civility, the gap between rich and poor, the role of markets, and the place of religion in public life. He argues that the ... see all copies from £10.60! new only from £13.15!
4	Moral Politics: How Liberals and Conservatives Think, Second Edition more books like this by George Lakoff add to wishlist In this application of cognitive science to politics, Lakoff analyzes the unconscious and rhetorical worldviews of liberals and conservatives, discovering radically different but remarkably consistent conceptions of morality. see all copies from £6.96! new only from £10.90!
5	The Prince: Second Edition more books like this by Niccolo Machiavelli, Harvey Claflin Mansfield, Jr. (Introduction by) add to wishlist In his most famous work, THE PRINCE (Il Principe), Machiavelli described the ideal prince and encouraged the people of Italy to imagine what it might be like if such a person led a unified Italy. Written in 1513 and published posthumously in 1532, THE PRINCE has been interpreted both as a genuine handbook for potential rulers and as a satirical ... see all copies from £5.61! new only from £6.45! \| first editions
6	Moral man and immoral society; a study in ethics and politics more books like this by Reinhold Niebuhr add to wishlist see all copies from £11.84! new only from £15.52! \| first editions
7	Classics of Moral and Political Theory more books like this by Michael L Morgan add to wishlist This 4th edition widens the breadth, depth, and appeal of this collection by featuring Paul Woodruff's translation of Sophocles' "Antigone", Rodney Livingstone's translation of Weber's "Politics as a Vocation", and selections from Mill's "The Subjection of Women"; and in addition, Reeve's new translations of Plato's "Republic" (rendered into ... see all copies from £5.61! new only from £19.94! \| first editions
8	Machiavelli: The Prince more books like this by Quentin Skinner (Editor), Niccolo Machiavelli, Russell Price (Photographer) add to wishlist In his introduction to this new translation by Russell Price, Professor Skinner presents a lucid analysis of Machiavelli's text as a response both to the world of Florentine politics, and as an attack on the advice-books for princes published by a number of his contemporaries. This new edition includes notes on the principal events in Machiavelli ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.61!
9	The Prince: Manor Classics Special Student Edition more books like this by Niccolo Machiavelli, W K Marriott (Translator) add to wishlist In his most famous work, THE PRINCE (Il Principe), Machiavelli described the ideal prince and encouraged the people of Italy to imagine what it might be like if such a person led a unified Italy. Written in 1513 and published posthumously in 1532, THE PRINCE has been interpreted both as a genuine handbook for potential rulers and as a satirical ... see all copies from £2.35! new only from £2.35!
10	On Duties more books like this by Marcus Tullius Cicero add to wishlist De Officiis (On Duties) was Cicero's last philosophical work. In it he made use of Greek thought to formulate the political and ethical values of Roman Republican society as he saw them, revealing incidentally a great deal about actual practice. Writing at a time of political crisis after the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44BC, when it was not ... see all copies from £6.38! new only from £12.49!
11 view cover	The Prince and Other Writings (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) more books like this by Niccolo Machiavelli, Wayne A Rebhorn (Introduction by) add to wishlist In his most famous work, THE PRINCE (Il Principe), Machiavelli described the ideal prince and encouraged the people of Italy to imagine what it might be like if such a person led a unified Italy. Written in 1513 and published posthumously in 1532, THE PRINCE has been interpreted both as a genuine handbook for potential rulers and as a satirical ... see all copies from £2.48! new only from £2.48!
12 view cover	Moral Man and Immoral Society more books like this by Reinhold Niebuhr add to wishlist see all copies from £6.54! new only from £38.63! \| first editions
13 view cover	The Book of Questions: Business, Politics, and Ethics more books like this by Gregory Stock, PH.D. add to wishlist Right to life, or abortion rights; the S&Ls; the spotted owl or the loggers; does every have a price? The most difficult and revealing of all questions are questions of ethics--so easy to answer from afar, but impossible when in the thick of it. Fuel those all-too-rare talks that go deep into the night--and explore and refine values. Because the ... see all copies from £4.98! new only from £6.07! \| first editions
14 view cover	The Lesser Evil: Political Ethics in an Age of Terror more books like this by Michael Ignatieff add to wishlist Must we fight terrorism with terror, match assassination with assassination, and torture with torture? Must we sacrifice civil liberty to protect public safety? In the age of terrorism, the temptations of ruthlessness can be overwhelming. But we are pulled in the other direction too by the anxiety that a violent response to violence makes us ... see all copies from £5.61! new only from £8.01! \| first editions
15 view cover	Summer Meditations more books like this by Vaclav Havel add to wishlist In a work written while he was president of Czechoslovakia, Havel offers profound reflections upon the nature and practice of politics throughout the world, and extends a stirring call for a moral political system, a responsible free market, and a statecraft that honors human needs. see all copies from £4.98! new only from £5.21! \| first editions
16 view cover	Natural Right and History more books like this by Leo Strauss add to wishlist In this classic work, Leo Strauss examines the problem of natural right and argues that there is a firm foundation in reality for the distinction between right and wrong in ethics and politics. On the centenary of Strauss's birth, and the fiftieth anniversary of the Walgreen Lectures which spawned the work, Natural Right and History remains as ... see all copies from £8.54! new only from £9.76! \| first editions
17 view cover	The Prince (Dodo Press) more books like this by Machiavelli Niccolo Machiavelli, Niccolo Machiavelli, K Marriot W K Marriot (Translator) add to wishlist Large format paper back for easy reading. The masterpeice of political theory of the renaissance period. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.24! \| first editions
18 view cover	Systems of Survival: A Dialogue on the Moral Foundations of Commerce and Politics more books like this by Jane Jacobs add to wishlist Jane Jacobs, radical thinker of urban studies, casts her own unique eye on commerce and politics. She envisions different ethical means and ends for each. see all copies from £5.56! new only from £9.97! \| first editions
19 view cover	Art of War more books like this by Niccolo Machiavelli, Christopher Lynch (Translator) add to wishlist This is Machiavelli's commentary--drawn from Roman ideas--on the way in which politics and war work in unison. Written in 1521, it influenced such leaders as Frederick the Great and Napoleon. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £4.17! \| first editions
20 view cover	A Deficit of Decency more books like this by Zell Miller add to wishlist Zel Miller, the Democrat senator from Georgia, astonished the nation when he made a rousing keynote address at the 2004 Republican convention, attacking John Kerry on the war. Twelve years earlier, at the Democratic convention, Miller had delivered the keynote address nominating Bill Clinton. Following the pro-Bush speech, angry Democrats rose up ... see all copies from £4.98! new only from £5.61! \| signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	The Samaritan's Dilemma: Should Government Help Your Neighbor? more books like this by Deborah Stone add to wishlist Politics has become a synonym for all that is dirty, corrupt, dishonest, compromising, and wrong. For many people, politics seems not only remote from their daily lives but abhorrent to their personal values. Outside of the rare inspirational politician or social movement, politics is a wasteland of apathy and disinterest. It wasnt always this ... see all copies from £6.24! new only from £6.82! \| first editions
22 view cover	Responsibility and Judgment more books like this by Professor Hannah Arendt add to wishlist Each of the books that Hannah Arendt published in her lifetime was unique, and to this day each continues to provoke fresh thought and interpretations. This was never more true than for Eichmann in Jerusalem, her account of the trial of Adolf Eichmann, where she first used the phrase “the banality of evil.” Her consternation over how ... see all copies from £8.04! new only from £8.04! \| first editions
23 view cover	Seneca: Moral and Political Essays more books like this by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, John M Cooper (Editor), J F Procope (Editor) add to wishlist This volume offers clear and forceful contemporary translations of the most important of Seneca's 'Moral Essays': On Anger, On Mercy, On the Private Life and the first four books of On Favours. They give an attractive, full picture of the social and moral outlook of an ancient Stoic thinker intimately involved in the governance of the Roman empire ... see all copies from £16.83! new only from £16.95!
24 view cover	Finding the Trapdoor: Essays, Portraits, Travels more books like this by Adam Hochschild add to wishlist Essays on various subjects by a "Ramparts" writer and co-founder of "Mother Jones". His subjects include Hemingway, the Aryan Nation, El Salvador, John F. Kennedy, and prep schools. Winner of the 1998 PEN/Spielvogel-Diamonstein Award for the Art of the Essay. see all copies from £5.61! new only from £10.60! \| signed copies \| first editions
25 view cover	Is There a Duty to Obey the Law? more books like this by Christopher Heath Wellman, A John Simmons add to wishlist The central question in political philosophy is whether political states have the right to coerce their constituents and whether citizens have a moral duty to obey the commands of their state. Christopher Heath Wellman and A. John Simmons defend opposing answers to this question. Wellman bases his argument on samaritan obligations to perform easy ... see all copies from £5.96! new only from £7.79!

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