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Contents
- Front Matter
- An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice and its Influence on General Virtue and Happiness
- Book I Of The Importance Of Political Institutions
- Chapter I: IntroductionWilliam Godwin
- Chapter II: History of Political SocietyWilliam Godwin
- Chapter III: The Moral Characters of Men Originate in their PerceptionsWilliam Godwin
- Chapter IV: Three Principal Causes of Moral Improvement ConsideredWilliam Godwin
- Chapter V: Influence of Political Institutions ExemplifiedWilliam Godwin
- Chapter VI: Human Inventions Capable of Perpetual ImprovementWilliam Godwin
- Chapter VII: Of the Objection to these Principles from the Influence of ClimateWilliam Godwin
- Chapter VIII: Of the Objection to These Principles from the Influence of LuxuryWilliam Godwin
- Book II Principles of Society
- Chapter I: IntroductionWilliam Godwin
- Chapter II: Of JusticeWilliam Godwin
- Chapter III: Of DutyWilliam Godwin
- Chapter IV: Of the Equality of MankindWilliam Godwin
- Chapter V: Rights of ManWilliam Godwin
- Chapter VI: Of the Exercise of Private JudgmentWilliam Godwin
- Book III Principles of Government
- Chapter I: Systems of Political WritersWilliam Godwin
- Chapter II: Of the Social ContractWilliam Godwin
- Chapter III: Of PromisesWilliam Godwin
- Chapter IV: Of Political AuthorityWilliam Godwin
- Chapter V: Of LegislationWilliam Godwin
- Chapter VI: Of ObedienceWilliam Godwin
- Chapter VII: Of Forms of GovernmentWilliam Godwin
- Book IV Miscellaneous Principles
- Chapter I: Of ResistanceWilliam Godwin
- Chapter II: Of RevolutionsWilliam Godwin
- Chapter III: Of TyrannicideWilliam Godwin
- Chapter IV: Of the Cultivation of TruthWilliam Godwin
- Chapter V: Of Free Will and NecessityWilliam Godwin
- Chapter VI: Inferences from the Doctrine of NecessityWilliam Godwin
- Chapter VII: Of the Mechanism of the Human MindWilliam Godwin
- Chapter VIII: Of the Principle of VirtueWilliam Godwin
- Chapter IX: Of the Tendency of VirtueWilliam Godwin
- Book V Of Legislative and Executive Power
- Chapter I: IntroductionWilliam Godwin
- Chapter II: Of Education, the Education of a PrinceWilliam Godwin
- Chapter III: Private Life of a PrinceWilliam Godwin
- Chapter IV: Of a Virtuous DespotismWilliam Godwin
- Chapter V: Of Courts and MinistersWilliam Godwin
- Chapter VI: Of SubjectsWilliam Godwin
- Chapter VII: Of Elective MonarchyWilliam Godwin
- Chapter VIII: Of Limited MonarchyWilliam Godwin
- Chapter IX: Of a President with Regal PowersWilliam Godwin
- Chapter X: Of Hereditary DistinctionWilliam Godwin
- Chapter XI: Moral Effects of AristocracyWilliam Godwin
- Chapter XII: Of TitlesWilliam Godwin
- Chapter XIII: Of the Aristocratical CharacterWilliam Godwin
- Chapter XIV: General Features of DemocracyWilliam Godwin
- Chapter XV: Of Political ImpostureWilliam Godwin
- Chapter XVI: Of the Causes of WarWilliam Godwin
- Chapter XVII: Of the Object of WarWilliam Godwin
- Chapter XVIII: Of the Conduct of WarWilliam Godwin
- Chapter XIX: Of Military Establishments and TreatiesWilliam Godwin
- Chapter XX: Of Democracy as Connected with the Transactions of WarWilliam Godwin
- Chapter XXI: Of the Composition of GovernmentWilliam Godwin
- Chapter XXII: Of the Future History of Political SocietiesWilliam Godwin
- Chapter XXIII: Of National AssembliesWilliam Godwin
- Chapter XXIV: Of the Dissolution of GovernmentWilliam Godwin
- Book VI Of Opinion Considered as a Subject of Political Institution
- Chapter I: General Effects of the Political Superintendence of OpinionWilliam Godwin
- Chapter II: Of Religious EstablishmentsWilliam Godwin
- Chapter III: Of the Suppression of Erroneous Opinion in Religion and GovernmentWilliam Godwin
- Chapter IV: Of TestsWilliam Godwin
- Chapter V: Of OathsWilliam Godwin
- Chapter VI: Of LibelsWilliam Godwin
- Chapter VII: Of ConstitutionsWilliam Godwin
- Chapter VIII: Of National EducationWilliam Godwin
- Chapter IX: Of Pensions and SalariesWilliam Godwin
- Chapter X: Of the Modes of Deciding a Question on the Part of the CommunityWilliam Godwin
- Book VII Of Crimes and Punishments
- Chapter I: Limitations of the Doctrine of Punishment Which Result from the Principles of MoralityWilliam Godwin
- Chapter II: General Disadvantages of CoercionWilliam Godwin
- Chapter III: Of the Purposes of CoercionWilliam Godwin
- Chapter IV: Of the Application of CoercionWilliam Godwin
- Chapter V: Of Coercion Considered as a Temporary ExpedientWilliam Godwin
- Chapter VI: Scale of CoercionWilliam Godwin
- Chapter VII: Of EvidenceWilliam Godwin
- Chapter VIII: Of LawWilliam Godwin
- Chapter IX: Of PardonsWilliam Godwin
- Book VIII Of Property
- Chapter I: Genuine System of Property DelineatedWilliam Godwin
- Chapter II: Benefits Arising from the Genuine System of PropertyWilliam Godwin
- Chapter III: Of the Objection to this System from the Admirable Effects of LuxuryWilliam Godwin
- Chapter IV: Of the Objection to this System from the Allurements of SlothWilliam Godwin
- Chapter V: Of the Objection to this System from the Impossibility of its Being Rendered PermanentWilliam Godwin
- Chapter VI: Of the Objection to this System from the Inflexibility of its RestrictionsWilliam Godwin
- Chapter VII: Of the Objection to this System from the Principle of PopulationWilliam Godwin
- Chapter VIII: Of the Means of Introducing the Genuine System of PropertyWilliam Godwin
- Book I Of The Importance Of Political Institutions
- End Matter
