Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. 1. Introduction 1
4. 2. The circumstances of politics 21
5. 3. Realism: the unconstrained thesis 41
6. 4. Indirect motivation: the narrow thesis 69
7. 5. Outlines of a neo-classical theory 89
8. 6. Realism: the constrained thesis 115
9. 7. Indirect motivation: the wide thesis 147
10. 8. Dirty hands in politics 189
11. 9. Dirty hands and moral dilemmas 235
12. 10. Summary 283
13. Appendix—“Living in truth” 293
14. Index 309