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Philosophy and public policy

Author: Sidney Hook
Publisher: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©1980.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Genre/Form: Essays
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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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