An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice (Oxford World’s Classics) by Godwin, William -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Copyright Page Title Page ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS CONTENTS INTRODUCTION NOTE ON THE TEXT SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY A CHRONOLOGY OF WILLIAM GODWIN PREFACE CONTENTS BOOK I. OF THE IMPORTANCE OF POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS

I. Introduction II. History of Political Society III. The Moral Characters of Men Originate in their Perceptions IV. Three Principal Causes of Moral Improvement Considered

I. Literature II. Education III. Political Justice

V. Influence of Political Institutions Exemplified VI. Human Inventions Capable of Perpetual Improvement VII. Of the Objection to These Principles from the Influence of Climate

PART I. Of Moral and Physical Causes PART II. Of National Characters

VIII. Of the Objection to These Principles from the Influence of Luxury

BOOK II. PRINCIPLES OF SOCIETY

I. Introduction II. Of Justice

APPENDIX, NO. I. Of Suicide APPENDIX, NO. II. Of Duelling

III. Of Duty IV. Of the Equality of Mankind V. Rights of Man VI. Of the Exercise of Private Judgment

BOOK III. PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT

I. Systems of Political Writers II. Of the Social Contract III. Of Promises IV. Of Political Authority V. Of Legislation VI. Of Obedience

APPENDIX

VII. Of Forms of Government

BOOK IV. MISCELLANEOUS PRINCIPLES

I. Of Resistance II. Of Revolutions

SECTION I. Dutiesofa Citizen SECTION II. Mode of Effecting Revolutions SECTION III. Of Political Associations SECTION IV. Of the Species of Reform to Be Desired

III. Of Tyrannicide IV. Of the Cultivation of Truth

SECTION I. Of Abstract or General Truth SECTION II. Of Sincerity APPENDIX, NO. I. Of the Connexion between Understanding and Virtue APPENDIX, NO. II. Of the Mode of Excluding APPENDIX, NO. III. Subject of Sincerity Resumed

V. Of Free Will and Necessity VI. Inferences from the Doctrine of Necessity VII. Of the Mechanism of the Human Mind VIII. Of the Principle of Virtue IX. Of the Tendency of Virtue

BOOK V. OF LEGISLATIVE AND EXECUTIVE POWER

I. Introduction II. Of Education, the Education of a Prince III. Private Life of a Prince IV. Of a Virtuous Despotism V. Of Courts and Ministers VI. Of Subjects VII. Of Elective Monarchy VIII. Of Limited Monarchy IX. Of a President with Regal Powers X. Of Hereditary Distinction XI. Moral Effects of Aristocracy XII. Of Titles XIII. Of the Aristocratical Character XIV. General Features of Democracy XV. Of Political Imposture XVI. Of the Causes of War XVII. Of the Object of War XVIII. Of the Conduct of War XIX. Of Military Establishments and Treaties XX. Of Democracy as Connected with the Transactions of War XXI. Of the Composition of Government XXII. Of the Future History of Political Societies XXIII. Of National Assemblies XXIV. Of the Dissolution of Government

BOOK VI. OF OPINION CONSIDERED AS A SUBJECT OF POLITICAL INSTITUTION

I. General Effects of the Political Superintendence of Opinion II. Of Religious Establishments III. Of the Suppression of Erroneous Opinion in Religion and Government IV. Of Tests V. Of Oaths VI. Of Libels VII. Of Constitutions VIII. Of National Education IX. Of Pensions and Salaries X. Of the Modes of Deciding a Question on the Part of the Community

BOOK VII. OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS

I. Limitations of the Doctrine of Punishment which Result from the Principles of Morality II. General Disadvantages of Coercion III. Of the Purposes of Coercion IV. Of the Application of Coercion V. Of Coercion Considered as a Temporary Expedient VI. Scale of Coercion VII. Of Evidence VIII. Of Law IX. Of Pardons

BOOK VIII. OF PROPERTY

I. Genuine System of Property Delineated II. Benefits Arising from the Genuine System of Property III. Of the Objection to This System from the Admirable Effects of Luxury IV. Of the Objection to This System from the Allurements of Sloth V. Of the Objection to This System from the Impossibility of its Being Rendered Permanent VI. Of the Objection to This System from the Inflexibility of its Restrictions VII. Of the Objection to This System from the Principle of Population VIII. Of the Means of Introducing the Genuine System of Property

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