How long does it take to read The Moral Foundations of Politics?
The Moral Foundations of Politics by Ian Shapiro takes about 5 hours 18 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 18 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2003. 289 pages, about 79,475 words.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 50 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 18 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 19 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"When do governments merit our allegiance, and when should they be denied it? Ian Shapiro explores this most enduring of political dilemmas in this innovative and engaging book. Building on his highly popular Yale courses, Professor Shapiro evaluates the main contending accounts of the sources of political legitimacy. Starting with theorists of the Enlightenment, he examines the arguments put forward by utilitarians, Marxists, and theorists of the social contract. Next he turns to the anti-Enlightenment tradition that stretches from Edmund Burke to contemporary post-modernists. In the last part of the book Shapiro examines partisans and critics of democracy from Plato{u2019}s time until our own. He concludes with an assessment of democracy{u2019}s strengths and limitations as the font of political legitimacy. The book offers a lucid and accessible introduction to urgent ongoing conversations about the sources of political allegiance." -- Publisher's description.
Subjects: Legitimacy of governments, Philosophy, Political ethics, Political science
