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2019 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Dirty Hands? No (Moral) Problem!

Author : Annette Schmitt

Published in: Demokratie und Entscheidung

Publisher: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden

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In his famous 1973 paper, Michael Walzer introduced “The Problem of Dirty Hands” to political philosophy. A decision-maker, according to Walzer, is “trapped” in a dirty hands-situation if his decision and ensuing actions “may be exactly the right thing to do […] and yet leave the man guilty of a moral wrong. The innocent man, afterwards, is no longer innocent” (Walzer 1973: 160).

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Metadata
Title
Dirty Hands? No (Moral) Problem!
Author
Annette Schmitt
Copyright Year
2019
Book
Demokratie und Entscheidung

Print ISBN: 978-3-658-24528-3

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-658-24529-0

Copyright Year: 2019

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-24529-0_14

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