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An introduction to political philosophy / Jonathan Wolff.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]Copyright date: ©2023Edition: Fourth editionDescription: xvi, 256 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780192847904
  • 0192847902
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.01
LOC classification:
  • JA71 .W67 2023
Contents:
Introduction -- 1. The State of Nature -- 2. Justifying the State -- 3. Who Should Rule? -- 4. The Place of Liberty? -- 5. The Distribution of Property? -- 6. Justice for Everyone, Everywhere? -- Guide to Further Reading.
Summary: "The idea for writing the book dates all the way back to the 1970s. I had read a novel in which a character reads a critical history of political philosophy, and I thought I'd love to work through such a book. But I never found the right one, and so, when eventually I had the chance, I decided to write something like it myself. My training and instincts as a philosopher, rather than a historian of ideas, made it more natural for me to write a problem-based, rather than theorist-based, text, and so this is not exactly the book I wanted to read. Nevertheless, it has found its place as a way into political philosophy for many students. I'm always gratified when I meet people who tell me it was one of the first books of political philosophy they read, and stimulated them to take their studies further. That is the whole point of the book"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-249) and index.

Introduction -- 1. The State of Nature -- 2. Justifying the State -- 3. Who Should Rule? -- 4. The Place of Liberty? -- 5. The Distribution of Property? -- 6. Justice for Everyone, Everywhere? -- Guide to Further Reading.

"The idea for writing the book dates all the way back to the 1970s. I had read a novel in which a character reads a critical history of political philosophy, and I thought I'd love to work through such a book. But I never found the right one, and so, when eventually I had the chance, I decided to write something like it myself. My training and instincts as a philosopher, rather than a historian of ideas, made it more natural for me to write a problem-based, rather than theorist-based, text, and so this is not exactly the book I wanted to read. Nevertheless, it has found its place as a way into political philosophy for many students. I'm always gratified when I meet people who tell me it was one of the first books of political philosophy they read, and stimulated them to take their studies further. That is the whole point of the book"-- Provided by publisher.

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