Noble cause corruption, the banality of evil, and the threat to American democracy, 1950-2008 /

This book explores the mindset of American government officials who decided that necessity required that American democracy should be defended by actions and policies contrary to traditional ideals of democracy. The works of Aristotle, current mental health professionals, Edmund Burke, Reinhold Nieb...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: DiJoseph, John
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, MD : University Press of America, [2010]
Temas:
Since 1945
Democracy > United States.
Political psychology > United States.
Intelligence service > Moral and ethical aspects > United States.
National security > Moral and ethical aspects > United States.
Military ethics > United States.
Political ethics > United States.
Corruption > Psychological aspects.
Psychologie politique > États-Unis.
Service des renseignements > Aspect moral > États-Unis.
Morale militaire > États-Unis.
Morale politique > États-Unis.
Corruption > Aspect psychologique.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Corruption > Psychological aspects
Political psychology
Political ethics
National security > Moral and ethical aspects
Military policy > Moral and ethical aspects
Military ethics
Democracy
Politics and government
United States > Politics and government > 1945-1989.
United States > Politics and government > 1989-
United States > Military policy > Moral and ethical aspects.
United States > Politics and government > Moral and ethical aspects.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1945-1989.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1989-
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > Aspect moral.
United States
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Realism, idealism and noble cause corruption
  • Historical background of noble cause corruption : the American tradition vs. the European tradition
  • Analysis of American cause corruption
  • Thinking critically : the corrupters' mindset
  • Ideology and the banality of evil and noble cause corruption
  • Noble cause corruption and "following orders"
  • American noble cause corruption : the insights of Reinhold Niebuhr and Friedrich Meinecke
  • The footprints of American noble cause corrupters
  • The corrupters' justification : John Le Carré, Richard Sorge and cognitive dissonances
  • Noble cause corrupters are an internal threat to American democracy
  • Controlling the corrupters
  • Curbing the corrupters : leadership and final word.

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