The moral foundations of politics /

When do governments merit our allegiance, and when should they be denied it? In this investigation of this most enduring of political dilemmas, Ian Shapiro discusses the different answers that have been proposed by the major political theorists in the utilitarian, Marxist, and social contract tradit...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shapiro, Ian (Author)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press ©2003.
Series:Yale ISPS series.
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt1npmpg
Table of Contents:
  • Enlightenment Politics
  • Classical Utilitarianism
  • Synthesizing Rights and Utility
  • Marxism
  • The Social Contract
  • Anti-Enlightenment Politics
  • Democracy
  • Democracy in the Mature Enlightenment.