An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice

Informationen zum Autor Mark Philp is the General Editor of the Collected Novels and Memoirs of William Godwin, 8 vols (1992), the Political and Philosophical Writings of William Godwin, 7 vols (1993), and has also co-edited The Diary of William Godwin (2010). His books include Godwin's Political Justice (1986), Thomas Paine (2007), Political Conduct (2007), and, with Joanna Innes, Re-Imagining Democracy in the Age of Revolutions (Oxford, 2013). Klappentext Godwin's Political Justice is the founding work of philosophical anarchism. Drawing on the principles of liberty and utility Godwin criticizes government and all forms of secular and religious authority, advocating the free exercise of individual judgement. He raises enduring questions about the nature of our duty to others. Zusammenfassung Godwin's Political Justice is the founding work of philosophical anarchism. Drawing on the principles of liberty and utility Godwin criticizes government and all forms of secular and religious authority, advocating the free exercise of individual judgement. He raises enduring questions about the nature of our duty to others.

Product details

• Authors: William Godwin, Godwin William
• Assisted by: Mark Philp (Editor), Mark (Professor of History and Politics Philp (Editor), Philp Mark (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Trade
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2013
• EAN: 9780199642625
• ISBN: 978-0-19-964262-5
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 196 mm x 24 mm
• Series: World's classics; Oxford World's Classics; World's classics; Oxford World's Classics; World's classics; World's classics
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Anarchism, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Political science and theory, Anarchism