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Preface | p. ix |
Introduction: What is Political Philosophy? | p. xi |
Thucydides: War and the Polis | p. 1 |
Thucydides'Work | p. 1 |
A Brief History of the Peloponnesian War | p. 2 |
From the State of Nature to Political Society | p. 3 |
Fragility of Civilization | p. 5 |
Thucydides' Realism | p. 6 |
Realism versus Idealism in the Melian Dialogue | p. 8 |
Politics and Ethics | p. 11 |
Questions | p. 14 |
Guide to Further Reading | p. 15 |
Plato: Who Should Rule? | p. 16 |
Platonic Dialogues | p. 17 |
The Task of Political Philosophy | p. 19 |
What Is Justice? | p. 20 |
Philosophy and Dogma | p. 22 |
The Best Political Order | p. 23 |
A Critique of Democracy | p. 25 |
The Government of Philosopher Rulers | p. 26 |
Politics and the Soul | p. 29 |
The Relevance of Plato | p. 32 |
Questions | p. 33 |
Guide to Further Reading | p. 33 |
Aristotle: The Best Constitution | p. 34 |
Aristotle's Writings | p. 35 |
What Is Politics? | p. 36 |
The State as Political and Moral Community | p. 38 |
What Is Happiness? | p. 40 |
Friendship and Concord | p. 42 |
Formative Laws and the Moral Elite | p. 43 |
Humar Nature and the Nature of the State | p. 44 |
Constitutions | p. 45 |
Justice and the Distribution of Power | p. 48 |
The Middle Constitution | p. 49 |
How to Prevent a Revolution? | p. 51 |
Aristotle's Realism | p. 53 |
Questions | p. 53 |
Guide to Further Reading | p. 54 |
Cicero: The Idea of the Republic | p. 55 |
The Crisis of the Later Republic | p. 56 |
Human Nature and Divine Origin | p. 59 |
The Fellowship of Humans | p. 60 |
Cosmopolitanism and Natural Law | p. 62 |
International Morals | p. 64 |
Moral Restraints in War | p. 65 |
Ethics of Hegemonic Leadership | p. 67 |
The Roman Mixed Constitution | p. 69 |
Republican Values | p. 71 |
Questions | p. 73 |
Guide to Further Reading | p. 74 |
St. Augustine: The City of God | p. 75 |
Faith and Reason | p. 77 |
Christian Pessimism | p. 78 |
Two Loves and Two Cities | p. 80 |
A Christian Commonwealth | p. 82 |
Obedience and War | p. 85 |
The Idolatry of Politics | p. 87 |
The City of God and Tradition | p. 88 |
Questions | p. 90 |
Guide to Further Reading | p. 90 |
Friendship and Concord | p. 42 |
Formative Laws and the Moral Elite | p. 43 |
Humar Nature and the Nature of the State | p. 44 |
Constitutions | p. 45 |
Justice and the Distribution of Power | p. 48 |
The Middle Constitution | p. 49 |
How to Prevent a Revolution? | p. 51 |
Aristotle's Realism | p. 53 |
Questions | p. 53 |
Guide to Further Reading | p. 54 |
Cicero: The Idea of the Republic | p. 55 |
The Crisis of the Later Republic | p. 56 |
Human Nature and Divine Origin | p. 59 |
The Fellowship of Humans | p. 60 |
Cosmopolitanism and Natural Law | p. 62 |
International Morals | p. 64 |
Moral Restraints in War | p. 65 |
Ethics of Hegemonic Leadership | p. 67 |
The Roman Mixed Constitution | p. 69 |
Republican Values | p. 71 |
Questions | p. 73 |
Guide to Further Reading | p. 74 |
St. Augustine: The City of God | p. 75 |
Faith and Reason | p. 77 |
Christian Pessimism | p. 78 |
Two Loves and Two Cities | p. 80 |
A Christian Commonwealth | p. 82 |
Obedience and War | p. 85 |
The Idolatry of Politics | p. 87 |
The City of God and Tradition | p. 88 |
Questions | p. 90 |
Guide to Further Reading | p. 90 |
St.Thomas Aquinas: Faith and Social Solidarity | p. 91 |
The Golden Age of Scholasticism | p. 93 |
Christianity and Social Theory | p. 96 |
Private Property and Poverty | p. 98 |
The Origin, Purpose, and Limits of Authority | p. 100 |
Monarchy and the Mixed Constitution | p. 102 |
Church and State | p. 105 |
The Nature of Law | p. 106 |
Natural Law and Open Society | p. 109 |
Aquinas' Legacy | p. 112 |
Questions | p. 113 |
Guide to Further Reading | p. 114 |
Machiavelli: How to Rule? | p. 115 |
The New Teaching of Politics | p. 119 |
Politics and Change | p. 120 |
Machiavelli's Republicanism | p. 123 |
Human Goodness and Corruption | p. 125 |
The Rule of Princes | p. 128 |
A Critique of the Moral Tradition | p. 131 |
The Politics of Raison d'Etat | p. 133 |
Machiavelli and Machiavellism | p. 136 |
Questions | p. 138 |
Guide to Further Reading | p. 139 |
Grotius: International Society | p. 140 |
The Just War Tradition | p. 144 |
Grotius's Argument against Raison d'Etat | p. 146 |
Jus ad Beilum and Jus in Bello | p. 148 |
The Universality of International Society | p. 151 |
Human Rights and Intervention | p. 152 |
Old and New Challenges to the Grotian Order | p. 155 |
Questions | p. 156 |
Guide to Further Reading | p. 157 |
Hobbes:The Beginning of Modernity | p. 158 |
A New Political Science | p. 162 |
The Reality of Conflict | p. 165 |
Social Contract | p. 168 |
Absolute Sovereignty | p. 171 |
The Logic of Despotism | p. 174 |
International Relations as a State of War | p. 177 |
Hoboes' Modernity | p. 181 |
Questions | p. 182 |
Guide to Further Reading | p. 182 |
Locke: Liberty And Property | p. 184 |
The Question of Toleration | p. 186 |
Toleration and Its Limits | p. 189 |
Freedom and Law | p. 193 |
The State of Nature and Natural Law | p. 194 |
The Libera! Concept of International Relations | p. 197 |
A Limited Government | p. 200 |
Property and Labor | p. 203 |
Civil Society and State Building | p. 207 |
Liberty, Economy, Colony | p. 208 |
Commerce and the Question of Ethics | p. 211 |
Locke's Liberalism | p. 213 |
Questions | p. 214 |
Guide to Further Reading | p. 214 |
Epilogue: The Classics and the Moderns | p. 215 |
Appendix:The Great Debate | p. 223 |
Works Cited | p. 225 |
Glossary | p. 232 |
Index | p. 241 |
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