Preface

General Introduction

Chapter I. Modern Classics

The Prince: Niccolo Machiavelli

Leviathan: Thomas Hobbes

Second Treatise of Government: John Locke

The Social Contract: Jean-Jacques Rousseau

"Of the Origin of Government" and "Of the Original Contract": David Hume

Reflections on the Revolution in France: Edmund Burke

A Vindication of the Rights of Women: Mary Wollstonecraft

The Communist Manifesto: Karl Marx and Friederich Engels

Critique of the Gotha Program: Karl Marx

On Liberty: John Stuart Mill

Chapter II. Justification of the State and Political Obligation: Why Should I Obey the Law?

In Defense of Anarchism: Robert Paul Wolff

Political Obligation and Consent: Harry Beran

Legal Obligation and the Duty of Fair Play: John Rawls

The Idea of a Legitimate State: David Copp

Is There a Prima Facie Obligation to Obey the Law?: M.B.E. Smith

Chapter III. Liberty: The Limits of the State and State Paternalism

Two Concepts of Liberty: Isaiah Berlin

Liberty and the Grounds for Coercion: Joel Feinberg

Paternalism: Gerald Dworkin

Liberty, Equality, and Merit: F.A. Hayek

Welfare Libertarianism: James Sterba

A Critique of Sterba's Defense of the Welfare State: Jan Narveson

There's No Such Thing As Free Speech and It's a Good Thing Too: Stanley Fish

If You're Paying, I'll Have Top Sirloin: Russell Roberts

Chapter IV. Theories of Justice

Justice as Convention: David Hume

A Libertarian Theory of Justice: Robert Nozick

Justice as Fairness: John Rawls

Justice: A Funeral Oration: Wallace Matson

Justice as a Virtue: Changing Conceptions: Alasdair MacIntyre

Distributive Justice: Nicholas Rescher

Chapter V. State Neutrality versus Perfectionism: Should the State Make People Moral?

The Enforcement of Morals: Patrick Devlin

Immorality and Treason: H.L.A. Hart

The Central Tradition: Classical Perfectionism: Robert George

Liberalism and Neutrality: Ronald Dworkin

Liberalism and the Neutral State: William Galston

Chapter VI. Equality: Its Nature and Value

Discourse on the Origin and Foundations of Inequality Among Men: Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Justice and Equality: Gregory Vlastos

Equality As a Moral Ideal: Harry Frankfurt

Why the Emperor Has No Clothes: A Critique of Contemporary Egalitarianism: Louis P. Pojman

Liberty versus Equal Opportunity: James Fishkin

A Liberal Defense of Equality of Opportunity: William Galston

The Case for Affirmative Action: Albert Mosley

The Case Against Affirmative Action: Louis P. Pojman

Diversity: George Sher

Is Inheritance Immoral?: Sterling Harwood

Chapter VII. Rights

The Nature and Value of Rights: Joel Feinberg

The Epistemology of Human Rights: Alan Gewirth

A Critique of Gewirth's Argument and the Notion of Rights: Alasdair MacIntyre

Wrong Rights: Elizabeth Wolgast

Are There Any Natural Rights?: H.L.A. Hart

Universal Declaration of Human Rights: United Nations

Chapter VIII. National Sovereignty, Patriotism, and International Government

Against the Insane Superstition of Patriotism: Leo Tolstoy

Is Patriotism a Virtue?: Alasdair MacIntyre

The Problem of World Government: Jacques Maritain

National Self-Determination: Avishai Margalit and Joseph Raz

International Society from a Cosmopolitan Perspective: Brian Barry

Secession and Nationalism: Alan Buchanan

Can Terrorism Be Justified?: Andrew Valls

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