TY  - JOUR
AB  - Discussions of political ethics, and of the problem of dirty hands, often cite Max Weber’s comments on these subjects, especially as presented in “Politics as a vocation”. Offers an interpretation of Weber’s views by explaining why he focused on the political leader as the proper subject of political morality, why he deemed certain personal qualities essential to responsible leadership, how he conceived the relationship between ethics and politics, and why he believed the problem of dirty hands to be both inescapable and unresolvable. Advances the central claims that Weber conceived political ethics as the attempt to reconcile ethical with political duties, and dirty hands as the inevitable accompaniment of political action because of its unavoidable association with violence and the partiality of its ends.
VL  - 2
IS  - 1
SN  - 1355-252X
DO  - 10.1108/13552529610105636
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/13552529610105636
AU  - Sabia Daniel R.
PY  - 1996
Y1  - 1996/01/01
TI  - Weber’s political ethics and the problem of dirty hands
T2  - Journal of Management History
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
SP  - 6
EP  - 20
Y2  - 2024/04/27
ER  -