Three Anarchical Fallacies: An Essay on Political Authority - Brossura

Edmundson, William

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ISBN 10: 0521037514 ISBN 13: 9780521037518

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2007

Riassunto

How is a legitimate state possible? Obedience, coercion and intrusion are three ideas that seem inseparable from all government and seem to render state authority presumptively illegitimate. This book exposes three fallacies inspired by these ideas and in doing so challenges assumptions shared by liberals, libertarians, cultural conservatives, moderates and Marxists. In three clear and tightly argued essays William Edmundson dispels these fallacies and shows that living in a just state remains a worthy ideal. This is an important book for all philosophers, political scientists and legal theorists as well as other readers interested in the views of Rawls, Dworkin and Nozick, many of whose central ideas are subjected to rigorous critique.

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'The 'fallacies' in the title are three assumptions which stand as obstacles to finding a successful account of state legitimacy. Edmundson examines these assumptions in impressive detail, deploying interesting, if controversial, arguments for rejecting them.' Political Studies

Descrizione del libro:

Obedience, coercion and intrusion seem inseparable from all government and seem to render state authority presumptively illegitimate. This book exposes three fallacies inspired by these ideas and in doing so challenges assumptions shared by liberals, libertarians, cultural conservatives, moderates and Marxists. In three essays William Edmundson dispels these fallacies and shows that living in a just state remains a worthy ideal.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0521037514
• ISBN 13: 9780521037518
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 208