Understanding the Political Philosophers: From Ancient to Modern Times

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Overview

Beginning with Plato and finishing with post-Rawlsian theory, Alan Haworth presents the key ideas and developments of the most influential political philosophers with clarity and depth.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781135198961
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Inc.
  • Publication date: 11/6/2003
  • Sold by: Barnes & Noble
  • Format: eTextbook
  • Pages: 320
  • File size: 2 MB

Meet the Author

Alan Haworth is a Senior Research Associate of the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, and a Senior Fellow of London Metropolitan University’s Institute of Human Rights and Social Justice. He is the author of Anti-Libertarianism: Markets Philosophy and Myth (1994) and Free Speech (1998).

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction: Why Study Politcal Philosophy? 1
Pt. I Athens
1 Socrates 7
2 Plato, The Republic 13
3 Aristotle 36
4 What Happened Next? 60
Pt. II Reason and Revolutions
5 Hobbes Goes to Paris 69
6 Hobbes: Raising the Great Leviathan 75
7 Locke and the Modern Order 100
8 Locke: The Argument for Property 117
9 Rousseau 137
Pt. III Modern Times, Modern Themes
10 After the Flood 163
11 John Stuart Mill: Utilitarianism & Liberalism 182
12 Marx 210
13 Rawls: Through Reason to Justice 237
14 After Rawls 260
Post Script: What Happens Next? 267
Suggestions for further reading 270
Notes 280
Bibliography 289
Index 299
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