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Magnanimity and statesmanship

"Magnanimity and Statesmanship is a collection of papers on the virtue of Aristotelian magnanimity (or greatness of soul) and its relationship to the history of political philosophy and to the art of statesmanship. This book traces the path of magnanimity in the history of political philosophy and examines certain statesmen in light of this virtue, all with a view to addressing the following questions: What is magnanimity, and what is its relationship to political life? Is magnanimity compatible with Christianity or with the modern commitment to equality? Does modernity still stand in need of such a virtue? Can magnanimity flourish under modern conditions? Are there examples of political leaders whose lives exemplify this virtue and the study of whose political conduct can deepen our understanding of it?"--BOOK JACKET
Print Book, English, ©2008
Lexington Books, Lanham, MD, ©2008
ix, 229 pages ; 24 cm
9780739117415, 0739117416
174112639
Introduction / Carson Holloway
Magnanimity in classical and Christian political thought
Aristotle's magnanimous man / Carson Holloway
Magnanimity and statesmanship : the Ciceronian difference / James Fetter and Walter Nicgorski
Thomas Aquinas on magnanimous and prudent statesmanship / Kenneth L. Deutsch
Magnanimity and modernity
Hobbes on magnanimity and statesmanship : replacing virtue with science / Geoffrey M. Vaughan
Tocqueville on greatness and justice / Peter Augustine Lawler
The magnanimous overman : on Nietzsche's transformation of Aristotle's greatness of soul / Jeffrey Church and Catherine H. Zuckert
Magnanimous statesmen
Magnanimity and martyrdom : the death and life of Thomas More / James R. Stoner Jr
George Washington's greatness and Aristotelian virtue : enduring lessons for constitutional democracy / Paul Carrese
Lincoln and biblical magnanimity / Joseph R. Fornieri
The statesman as great-souled man : Winston Churchill / Will Morrisey
Index
About the editor and contributors