Format:
1 online resource (219 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780203008119
Content:
People, as Aristotle said, are political animals. Mainstream political philosophy, however, has largely neglected humankind's animal nature as beings who are naturally equipped, and inclined, to reason and work together, create social bonds and care for their young. Stephen Clark, grounded in biological analysis and traditional ethics, probes into areas ignored in mainstream political theory and argues for the significance of social bonds which bypass or transcend state authority. Understanding the ties that bind us reveals how enormously capable we are in achieving civil order as a species. Stephen Clark advocates that a properly informed political philosophy must take into account the role of women, children, animals, minorities and the domestic virtues at large. Living and comnducting our political lives like the animals we are is a more congenial prospect than is usually supposed.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780415189101
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Clark, Stephen R. L., 1945 - The political animal London [u.a.] : Routledge, 1999 ISBN 0415189101
Additional Edition:
ISBN 041518911X
Additional Edition:
Print version Political Animal : Biology, Ethics and Politics
Language:
English
Subjects:
Political Science
Keywords:
Politische Wissenschaft
;
Bioethik
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Biopolitik
;
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Author information:
Clark, Stephen R. L. 1945-
