Social Principles and the Democratic State (Routledge Library Editions: Political Science Volume 4)
1st Edition
Published on 6. October 2009
Book
Hardback
406 pages
978-0-415-55528-9 (ISBN)
Description
This book, originally published in 1959, makes explicit the social principles which underlie the procedures and political practice of the modern democratic state. The authors take the view that in the modern welfare state there are porblems connected with the nature of law, with concepts like rights, justice, equality, property, punishment, responsibility and liberty and which modern philosophical techniques can illuminate.
Reviews / Votes
@quote:'...an important book, likely to start a new chapter in political philosophy.' - Times Educational Supplement@quote:'...lucid, critical and full of sense.' - Glasgow Herald
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paper over boards
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
760 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-55528-9 (9780415555289)
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Additional editions
S. Benn | R. S. Peters
Social Principles and the Democratic State (Routledge Library Editions: Political Science Volume 4)
E-Book
04/2013
1st Edition
Routledge
€264.99
Available for download
S. Benn | R. S. Peters
Social Principles and the Democratic State (Routledge Library Editions: Political Science Volume 4)
E-Book
04/2013
Routledge
€264.99
Available for download
Persons
S. I. BENN (Australian National University, Canberra) and R. S. PETERS (Professor of The Philosophy of Education, University of London Institute of Education)
Content
Selected Contents: Part I: Society: Its Rules and Their Validity 1. Society and Types of Social Regulation. 2.Moral Theory. 3.Legal Theory. 4.Rights. Part II: Social Principles and Their Implementation 5.Justice and Equality. 6.Justice and the Distribution of Income. 7. Property. 8. Punishment. 9. Freedom and Responsibility. 10.Freedom as a Political Ideal. Part III: Principles of Association and the Democratic State 11. Individuals in Association. 12. Sovereignty and the Moral Basis of State Supremacy. 13. The State and Other Associations. 14. The Grounds of Authority and Political Obligation. 15. Democracy. Appendix International Relations.