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Political philosophy

the problem that political leaders may sometimes be right to do something morally wrong, and still bear guilt for it.

In political philosophy, dirty hands refers to the problem that political leaders may sometimes be right to do something morally wrong, and still bear guilt for it. This meaning comes from Walzer (1974) in War and Moral Responsibility.[1]

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Walzer, M. (1974). Political Action: The Problem of Dirty Hands. In War and Moral Responsibility (pp. 62-82). Princeton University Press. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691238234-005

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