Deleting the state
Subtitle: an argument about government
By: Aeon J. Skoble.
Publisher: Open Court
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 129
ISBN-13: 9780812696141
Subjects: Political science -- Philosophy.; Political obligation.; Authority.; State, The.
Description: "Argues that political authority is illegitimate, and in doing so explores perennial questions in political philosophy such as the nature and extent of state authority and political obligation, the relation of individual freedom to the collective good, and the reconciliation of political power with personal autonomy"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-124) and index.
Table of contents: value: Liberalism, libertarianism, and the state; value: Coercion, state, and defense of liberty; value: The hobbesian fear; value: Allaying the hobbesian fear; value: Disaster relief in a free society : an extended example; value: Incommensurability and the problem of the practical.