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9780812696141

Deleting the State An Argument About Government

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  • ISBN13:

    9780812696141

  • ISBN10:

    081269614X

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2008-04-28
  • Publisher: Open Court
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Summary

Is the state a necessary evil? Or can we hope to evolve beyond it? This book, in the tradition of Robert Nozick's Anarchy, State, and Utopia, sheds new light on persistent philosophical questions about the nature and justification of political authority.

Author Biography

Aeon J. Skoble is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Bridgewater State College in Massachusetts.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. ix
Liberalism, Libertarianism, and the Statep. 1
Coercion, State, and Defense of Libertyp. 15
The Hobbesian Fearp. 39
Allaying the Hobbesian Fearp. 55
Disaster Relief in a Free Society: An Extended Examplep. 85
Incommensurability and the Problem of the Practicalp. 103
Bibliographyp. 121
Indexp. 125
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