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An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice$
An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice

William Godwin  and Mark Philp

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Oxford University Press
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9780199642625
DOI:
10.1093/owc/9780199642625.001.0001
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Contents

  • Front Matter
    • Acknowledgements
    • Introduction
    • Note on the Text
    • Select Bibliography
    • A Chronology of William Godwin
  • An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice and its Influence on General Virtue and Happiness
    • Book I Of The Importance Of Political Institutions
      • Chapter I: Introduction
      • Chapter II: History of Political Society
      • Chapter III: The Moral Characters of Men Originate in their Perceptions
      • Chapter IV: Three Principal Causes of Moral Improvement Considered
      • Chapter V: Influence of Political Institutions Exemplified
      • Chapter VI: Human Inventions Capable of Perpetual Improvement
      • Chapter VII: Of the Objection to these Principles from the Influence of Climate
      • Chapter VIII: Of the Objection to These Principles from the Influence of Luxury
    • Book II Principles of Society
      • Chapter I: Introduction
      • Chapter II: Of Justice
      • Chapter III: Of Duty
      • Chapter IV: Of the Equality of Mankind
      • Chapter V: Rights of Man
      • Chapter VI: Of the Exercise of Private Judgment
    • Book III Principles of Government
      • Chapter I: Systems of Political Writers
      • Chapter II: Of the Social Contract
      • Chapter III: Of Promises
      • Chapter IV: Of Political Authority
      • Chapter V: Of Legislation
      • Chapter VI: Of Obedience
      • Chapter VII: Of Forms of Government
    • Book IV Miscellaneous Principles
      • Chapter I: Of Resistance
      • Chapter II: Of Revolutions
      • Chapter III: Of Tyrannicide
      • Chapter IV: Of the Cultivation of Truth
      • Chapter V: Of Free Will and Necessity
      • Chapter VI: Inferences from the Doctrine of Necessity
      • Chapter VII: Of the Mechanism of the Human Mind
      • Chapter VIII: Of the Principle of Virtue
      • Chapter IX: Of the Tendency of Virtue
    • Book V Of Legislative and Executive Power
      • Chapter I: Introduction
      • Chapter II: Of Education, the Education of a Prince
      • Chapter III: Private Life of a Prince
      • Chapter IV: Of a Virtuous Despotism
      • Chapter V: Of Courts and Ministers
      • Chapter VI: Of Subjects
      • Chapter VII: Of Elective Monarchy
      • Chapter VIII: Of Limited Monarchy
      • Chapter IX: Of a President with Regal Powers
      • Chapter X: Of Hereditary Distinction
      • Chapter XI: Moral Effects of Aristocracy
      • Chapter XII: Of Titles
      • Chapter XIII: Of the Aristocratical Character
      • Chapter XIV: General Features of Democracy
      • Chapter XV: Of Political Imposture
      • Chapter XVI: Of the Causes of War
      • Chapter XVII: Of the Object of War
      • Chapter XVIII: Of the Conduct of War
      • Chapter XIX: Of Military Establishments and Treaties
      • Chapter XX: Of Democracy as Connected with the Transactions of War
      • Chapter XXI: Of the Composition of Government
      • Chapter XXII: Of the Future History of Political Societies
      • Chapter XXIII: Of National Assemblies
      • Chapter XXIV: Of the Dissolution of Government
    • Book VI Of Opinion Considered as a Subject of Political Institution
      • Chapter I: General Effects of the Political Superintendence of Opinion
      • Chapter II: Of Religious Establishments
      • Chapter III: Of the Suppression of Erroneous Opinion in Religion and Government
      • Chapter IV: Of Tests
      • Chapter V: Of Oaths
      • Chapter VI: Of Libels
      • Chapter VII: Of Constitutions
      • Chapter VIII: Of National Education
      • Chapter IX: Of Pensions and Salaries
      • Chapter X: Of the Modes of Deciding a Question on the Part of the Community
    • Book VII Of Crimes and Punishments
      • Chapter I: Limitations of the Doctrine of Punishment Which Result from the Principles of Morality
      • Chapter II: General Disadvantages of Coercion
      • Chapter III: Of the Purposes of Coercion
      • Chapter IV: Of the Application of Coercion
      • Chapter V: Of Coercion Considered as a Temporary Expedient
      • Chapter VI: Scale of Coercion
      • Chapter VII: Of Evidence
      • Chapter VIII: Of Law
      • Chapter IX: Of Pardons
    • Book VIII Of Property
      • Chapter I: Genuine System of Property Delineated
      • Chapter II: Benefits Arising from the Genuine System of Property
      • Chapter III: Of the Objection to this System from the Admirable Effects of Luxury
      • Chapter IV: Of the Objection to this System from the Allurements of Sloth
      • Chapter V: Of the Objection to this System from the Impossibility of its Being Rendered Permanent
      • Chapter VI: Of the Objection to this System from the Inflexibility of its Restrictions
      • Chapter VII: Of the Objection to this System from the Principle of Population
      • Chapter VIII: Of the Means of Introducing the Genuine System of Property
  • End Matter
    • Explanatory Notes
    • Index

Subject(s) in Oxford World's Classics

  • 18th Century Literature
  • British and Irish Literature
  • Fiction, Novelists, and Prose Writers
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  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Note on the Text
  • Select Bibliography
  • A Chronology of William Godwin
  • An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice and its Influence on General Virtue and Happiness
  • Explanatory Notes
  • Index
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  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Note on the Text
  • Select Bibliography
  • A Chronology of William Godwin
  • An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice and its Influence on General Virtue and Happiness
  • Explanatory Notes
  • Index
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