On the Edge of Anarchy: Locke, Consent, and the Limits of Society - Brossura

Simmons, A. John

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ISBN 10: 069104483X ISBN 13: 9780691044835

Casa editrice: Princeton Univ Pr, 1995

Riassunto

This book completes A. John Simmons's exploration and development of Lockean moral and political philosophy, a project begun in The Lockean Theory of Rights (Princeton paperback edition, 1994). Here Simmons discusses the Lockean view of the nature of, grounds for, and limits on political relations between persons.

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Recensione

"Simmons has many intelligent and thought-provoking things to say about Locke, and he is both painstaking and comprehensive in his efforts to relate his own position to the existing secondary literature on [this philosopher]."--American Political Science Review

"An important addition to the ongoing attempt to decipher Locke's own position presented in his Two Treatises. Simmons offers some refreshing insights as he picks his way through the various claims and counterclaims made in the masses of secondary literature."--Canadian Journal of Political Science

"I can think of few political philosophers I prefer to John Simmons. He is a clear and very analytical writer. The professional philosopher may read him with profit, and the layman with ease."--F. H. Buckley, Liberty

Contenuti

	List of Abbreviations
	Acknowledgments
	Introduction	3
Pt. 1	Nonconsensual Relations	11
1	The Lockean State of Nature	13
1.1	Locke's State of Nature	13
1.2	The Moral, Social, and Historical Dimensions	23
1.3	The Point of State-of-Nature Stories	33
2	Force and Right	40
2.1	The State of War	40
2.2	How Rights Are Lost	46
2.3	Despotism: Slavery and Absolute Government	48
Pt. 2	Consent and Government	57
3	Political Consent	59
3.1	The Content of Lockean Consent	59
3.2	Consent, Contract, and Trust	68
3.3	The Appeal of Consent Theory	72
4	The Varieties of Consent	80
4.1	Express and Tacit Consent	80
4.2	Majority Consent	90
Pt. 3	The Limits of Society	99
5	Inalienable Rights	101
5.1	The Property of Inalienability	101
5.2	Locke on Inalienability	108
5.3	Locke's Commitments	119
5.4	Toleration	123
5.5	Inalienability and Absolutism	137
6	Dissolution and Resistance	147
6.1	The Revolutionary Stance	147
6.2	The Right of Resistance	155
6.3	The Consequences of Dissolution	167
6.4	The Duty to Resist	178
Pt. 4	Consent and the Edge of Anarchy	193
7	The Critique of Lockean Consent Theory	197
7.1	Hume's Attack	197
7.2	The Meaning of Consent in Locke	202
8	Consent, Obligation, and Anarchy	218
8.1	Consent and Voting	218
8.2	Consent and Residence	225
8.3	Duress, Hard Choices, and Free Choice	232
8.4	Lockean Anarchism	248
	Works Cited	271
	Index	285

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Princeton Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 069104483X
• ISBN 13: 9780691044835
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 312
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile