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First, is the dirty hands problem simply confused and its formulation the. The issue arises when political actors finds that they must transgress one of their moral principles in order to accomplish what they see as the right and necessary action in order to accomplish a goal. He hustles, lies, and intrigues for usor so he claims. The problem of dirty hands walzer 1973, was cited to find support. Rethinking the problem of dirty hands suzanne dovi, university of. The problem of dirty hands school of social science. The problem of dirty hands, michael walzer 1978 in response to an ongoing discussion among r. Michael walzer and the problem of dirty hands in his article, political action. The problem of dirty hands, michael walzer examines the dilemma of a political actor who wishes to both stay true to certain moral principles he considers to be binding and to his necessities as an official in power. For present purposes it is, however, not his specific view on torture that is of interest, but his general argument on the possibility of ethical political action. The problem of dirty hands stanford encyclopedia of philosophy. In a paper written by michael walzer political action. Hare, and thomas nagel1 identifies three possible resolutions of the problem of dirty hands, one of which he supports. The problem of dirty hands he sums up the issue in the question of how can we get our hands.

Dirty hands, public guilt, and the political community in his 1973 article political action. Affairs 160 at 167, reprinted in levinson, supra note 6 at 6465. The first is that dirty hands is not necessarily a problem since either there already exists a clean. Pdf the machiavelli program and the dirty hands problem.

Walzer, the problem of dirty hands brandeis users home pages. Perhaps he is right, or at least sincere, but we suspect that he acts for himself also. Absolutists, in contrast, agree with walzer that the morality of actions is not. Torture and the problem of dirty hands canadian journal. The problem of dirty hands, occurs when a political actor finds that he must transgress one of his moral principles to. All, however, involve the idea that correct political action must sometimes. According to michael walzer, the problem of dirty hands occurs when a politician must go against his moral principals in order to accomplish what he sees as the right political action. En marshall cohen, thomas nagel y thomas scanlon eds. Skinner quentin machiavelli on the maintenance of liberty. Political virtue and dirty hands universiteit twente. The problem of dirty hands deep blue university of michigan. The problem of dirty hands, philosophy and public affairs, iii 1973, 160 80.