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| Genre/Form: | Essays |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Hook, Sidney, 1902-1989. Philosophy and public policy. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c1980 (OCoLC)564763342 |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Sidney Hook |
| ISBN: | 0809309378 9780809309375 0809310414 9780809310418 |
| OCLC Number: | 5171207 |
| Description: | xii, 288 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Philosophy and public policy -- Law and anarchy -- The concept and realities of power -- Intelligence, morality, and foreign policy -- Reflections on human rights -- The social democratic prospect -- Capitalism, socialism, and freedom -- The ethics of controversy -- Are there limits to freedom of expression? -- The rights of the victims -- Reverse discrimination -- The hero in history : myth, power, or moral ideal? -- The relevance of John Dewey's thought -- Leon Trotsky and the cunning of history -- Toynbee's city of God -- A talk with Vinoba Bhave -- Bertrand Russell and crimes against humanity -- The scoundrel in the looking glass -- The case of Alger Hiss -- Religion and culture : the dilemma of T.S. Eliot -- Religion and culture : a reply by Jacques Maritain -- Religion and society : a rejoinder -- The autonomy of the democratic faith. |
| Responsibility: | by Sidney Hook. |
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