Politics as a Vocation.

Why this matters here

Weber’s “Politics as a Vocation” distinguishes an ethic of conviction from an ethic of responsibility and treats political action as inevitably entangled with force and consequences. When Authority Outlives Accountability uses that framing for leadership morality as how leaders handle harm when they can choose otherwise—where cost is placed, how it is justified, and whether it is treated as unavoidable, regrettable, or useful.