Political Philosophy: The Search for Humanity and Order
This book is designed to introduce students to the major thinkers in political philosophy by explicating their original writings. Although it acquaints the reader with some of the key controversies in interpreting each thinker and the socio-cultural context in which they wrote, this text's focuses on the arguments developed in each of their key works. This text can be used by itself, or with Porter's Classics in Political Philosophy, which is a collection of works which comprise the foundation of modern political philosophy.