Populist Authoritarian and Catholic Political Ethics: A Framework for a Moral Review

Can there be an ethics of politics or political ethics in authoritarian populist democracies? Given that politics operates under potentially risky and morally ambiguous methods that involve strategic calculations with some elements of irrationality, developing an ethics of political leadership can b...

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Main Author: Opongo, Elias Omondi (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI 2024
In: Religions
Year: 2024, Volume: 15, Issue: 6
Further subjects:B Catholic social ethics
B Social Cohesion
B Political ethics
B populist authoritarianism
B social recognition
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