Essays on Morality inP olitics HarvarUdn iversPirtye s•s C ambridgMea,s sachuse• ttLso ndonE,n �land Copyri©g 2h0t0 b5y M icha]eS.la ndel Allr ighrtess erved Printientd h Uen itSetda toefAs m erica FirHsatr vaUrndi verPsrietyps asp erbeadcikt i2o0n0,6 LibroafCry o ngCraetsasl oging-Diant-aP ublication SandeMilc,h a].el Publpihcil osop:h ye sosnam yosr aliintyp olitIMi iccsh a]eS.la ndel. p. em. Inclubdiebsl iograrpehfiecraealnn cdie nsd ex. ISBN-91738:- o-674-(0c1l9o2t8h-)7 ISBN-o1-06:7 4-01(9c2l8o-t8h ) ISBN3-:91 7-8o-67042-3695 (-pb.)k ISBN-o1-06:7 4-02(3pb6k5.-)X 1.P oliteitchali cs-USntiattee2ds. P. o litsicciael-n Pcheilosyo.p h 3.U nitSetda tes-Mcoornadli tio4·nU sn.i tSetda tes-Paonldi tics govemrennt-200I1.T- itle. JK468.E270S0356 172-dc22 2005046260 FoKri ku CONTENTS Introduct1i on AMERICCAINVL IICF E AmericaS'esa rcfho arP ublPihci losop9h y 2 BeyonIdn dividuaDleimsomc:r ats andC ommuni3t5 y 3 TheP olitoifcE sa sVyi rtu4e6 4 BigI deas5 0 5 TheP roblewmi tChi vili5t4y 6 Impeachment-TahnednN ow 59 7 RoberF.t K ennedyP'rso mis6e3 IIM ORALA NDP OLITIACRAGLU MENTS 8 AgainSstta tLeo tteri6e9s 9 Commerciianlt sh eC lassroo7m3 10 BranditnhgeP ublRieca lm7 7 11 Sporatnsd C iviIcd enti8t1y 12 HistofroySr ale8 5 13 TheM arkefto Mre rit8 9 14 ShoulWde Buyt heR ighttoP ollut9e3? 15 Honora ndR esentme9nt7 16 ArguinAgffi rmatiAvcet io1n0 1 17 ShouVlidc tiHmasv aeS aiyn S entenci1n0g5? 18 Clintaonnd KoannL ty in1g 09 19 IsT herae RitgohA ts sisStueidc id1e1?3 20 EmbryEot hiTchseM: o raLlo giocf SteCme lRle sear1c1h7 21 MoraAlr gumeanntdL ibeTroalle ration: AbortiaonndH omosexua1l2i2t y IllL IBERIASLMP,L UARLIS,MA NDC OMMUNIYT 22 MoralitthyLe i abnedIr daela 1l4 7 23 TheP rocedRuerpaulb alnidc thUen encumbeSreeld1f 5 6 24 JustaisMc eem bersh1i47p 25 TheP eroilf E xtinct1i7o9n 26 DeweyL'isb eraalnidOs umr s1 83 27 MastearnydH ubriinsJ udaism: WhatW'rso nwgi tPhl ayiGnogd ?1 96 28 PolitLiicbaelr al2i1s1m 29 RememberRianwgl s24 8 30 TheL imiotfCs o mmunitaria2n5i2s m Note2s6 3 Cred2i97t s Inde2x8 1 PUBLIPCH ILOSOPHY INTRODUCTION Thre-e eleocfPt rieosni GdeeonrWtg.B e u sphr omdp tnaee wwa ve ofs oul-seaamrocnDhgei mnogc Erxapitots lf.ulo nstd h maotr veo t­ erbsa stehdep irre sivdoetonent" imaolrv aall"u t ehsaonna noyt her issue-tmhoatrnee r rotrhwieas irmnI , r aorqt ,hs et aotfte he eoc n­ omyA. ntdho esw hoc itemdo ravla luveost eodv erwhelmi(nSgotl oy 18p ercfeonBrtu )so hv ehrio sp ponJeonhKtne, r Croym.m etnotras werpee lrepx"eoSdm.we hearleo ngl i'tna'heC e,N Nr epocrotne­r fsese"dao,lfu l sm isdst ehmiosr vaall tuheis"n g. Skepwtaircnaseg da ionvseitrn -terptrh"eemt roiavnlag l uiess­" suTeh.e pyo inttehdta htome ua tj oorvfio ttyde irndso s th aBrues h's oppostiota iboonr atinsodan m e-msaerxr itahmgeoe s,mt o rally charigsesdiu net shc ea mpaOitghnfe.car t ohresl peexdp ltahien Busvhi ctKoerryr:y 's calmapcaakic egodnm phetalhdl eimniegt; isn oeta styod efaenai tn cumpbreenstid duerniwtna gr tiann1de ; Americasntsri elwelelfr rioenm tg ht ee rraotrtiaoscfStk e sp tember n.S tiilnl w,ta hkeoe ft h2e0 0e4 lecDteimoonc,fr uoantdts h em­ selvceass tianbgo ufto wra yst os peamko rec onvinglcyit noA meri­ cans'a nmsdop riarlyi etauranli ngs. Iwta nso tth fier tsitm teh aDte mochraamdti ss steh'de' moral valtuheis"In ngt .hfeuo rd ecafdloelso wLiynngdJ oonh nsloann'ds­ slivdiec tion1r9 6yo4 ,n ltywD oe mocwronat thspe r esyi.Od neen c wasim myJ Cartea rb,o rn-agCahirni stfiraonmG eorgwihao ,i nth e wakoefW a tergpartoem,it sore eds thoorneea sntmdyo ratlogi otvy-