Andrew Sabl: 2 books
Ruling Passions
Political Offices and Democratic Ethics
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2009
How should politicians act? When should they try to lead public opinion and when should they follow it? Should politicians see themselves as experts, whose opinions have greater authority than other people's, or as participants in a common dialogue with ordinary citizens? When do virtues like toleration...
Hume's Politics
Coordination and Crisis in the History of England
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2012
Hume's Politics provides a comprehensive examination of David Hume's political theory, and is the first book to focus on Hume's monumental History of England as the key to his distinctly political ideas. Andrew Sabl argues that conventions of authority are the main building blocks of Humean politics,...