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- Author: Norman Coles
- Publisher: Liverpool University Press
- ISBN-10: 1845193393
- ISBN-13: 9781845193393
- Format: 15.2 x 22.9 x 1.3 cm, hardcover
- Language: English
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Critical political debate requires respect for principles of logic, rationality and reasonableness, as well as shared conceptions of evidence and relevance in the political arena. The author presents case studies in order to demonstrate the inherent dangers of not applying principles of reasoning to the interpretation of political events. Relevance and the adequacy of evidence are too often overlooked in favour of rhetoric and moral platitude, sometimes leading to deceit and always to ambiguity, to the detriment of democratic society. He investigates the US Bill of Rights in the context of natural justice and the 'right' of citizens to hold arms; President Andrew Johnson's policies towards the 'Secessionist' states with respect to his understanding of the causes of the civil war and the human worth of the emancipated slaves; Whittaker Chambers' accusation against Alger Hiss, a former high-ranking State Department employee, and the Communist sympathies and connections this event
brought in its wake;
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- Author: Norman Coles
- Publisher: Liverpool University Press
- ISBN-10: 1845193393
- ISBN-13: 9781845193393
- Format: 15.2 x 22.9 x 1.3 cm, hardcover
- Language: English English
Critical political debate requires respect for principles of logic, rationality and reasonableness, as well as shared conceptions of evidence and relevance in the political arena. The author presents case studies in order to demonstrate the inherent dangers of not applying principles of reasoning to the interpretation of political events. Relevance and the adequacy of evidence are too often overlooked in favour of rhetoric and moral platitude, sometimes leading to deceit and always to ambiguity, to the detriment of democratic society. He investigates the US Bill of Rights in the context of natural justice and the 'right' of citizens to hold arms; President Andrew Johnson's policies towards the 'Secessionist' states with respect to his understanding of the causes of the civil war and the human worth of the emancipated slaves; Whittaker Chambers' accusation against Alger Hiss, a former high-ranking State Department employee, and the Communist sympathies and connections this event
brought in its wake;
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