Political Philosophy

Description

Now greatly expanded in its third edition, Political Philosophy: The Essential Texts is ideal for survey courses in social and political philosophy. Offering coverage from antiquity to the present, this historically organized collection presents the most significant works from nearly 2,500 years of political philosophy. The readings are substantial or complete texts, not fragments. An especially valuable feature of this volume is that the works of each author are introduced with an engaging essay by a leading contemporary authority.

• A comprehensive and economical collection of historical and contemporary political and moral philosophy
• The works of each author are introduced with a substantive and engaging essay by a leading contemporary authority.
• Provides comprehensive coverage of political philosophy, extending from antiquity to contemporary philosophers.

About the Author(s)

Steven Cahn, Professor of Philosophy, The City University of New York Graduate Center

Steven M. Cahn is Professor of Philosophy at The City University of New York Graduate Center. He is the author or editor of fifty books. Most recently, he wrote From Student to Scholar: A Candid Guide to Becoming a Professor (2008) and coauthored Polishing Your Prose: How to Turn First Drafts into Finished Work (2013). Dr. Cahn is the editor of Exploring Philosophy, Fifth Edition (2014) and Exploring Ethics, Third Edition (2013), and the coeditor of Ethics, Fifth Edition (2011), all published by Oxford University Press.

Table of Contents

PLATO
Introduction - Richard Kraut
Defense of Socrates
Crito
Republic
ARISTOTLE
Introduction - Richard Kraut
Nicomachean Ethics
Politics
CICERO
Introduction - Richard Kraut
On the Republic
On the Laws
AUGUSTINE
Introduction - Paul J. Weithman
The City of God
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS
Introduction - Paul J. Weithman
Summa Theologiae
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI
Introduction - Steven B. Smith
The Prince
Discourses
THOMAS HOBBES
Introduction - Jean Hampton
Leviathan
BARUCH SPINOZA
Introduction - Steven B. Smith
Theologico-Political Treatise
JOHN LOCKE
Introduction - A. John Simmons
Second Treatise of Government
Letter Concerning Toleration
MONTESQUIEU
Introduction - Mark Hulliung
The Spirit of the Laws
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU
Introduction - Joshua Cohen
Discourse on the Origin of Inequality
Of the Social Contract
DAVID HUME
Introduction - Arthur Kuflik
An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals
Of Parties in General
Of the Original Contract
Of the Origin of Government
ADAM SMITH
Introduction - Charles L. Griswold, Jr.
The Wealth of Nations
IMMANUEL KANT
Introduction - Paul Guyer
Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals
On the Common Saying: "This May be True in Practice, but It Does Not Apply in Practice"
Perpetual Peace
ALEXANDER HAMILTON and JAMES MADISON
Introduction - Bernard E. Brown
The Federalist Papers
EDMUND BURKE
Introduction - Burleigh T. Wilkins
Reflections on the Revolution in France
JEREMY BENTHAM
Introduction - Jeremy Waldron
Principles of Legislation
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE
Introduction - Steven B. Smith
Democracy in America
G. W. F. HEGEL
Introduction - Steven B. Smith
The Philosophy of Right
The Philosophy of History
KARL MARX and FRIEDRICH ENGELS
Introduction - Richard Miller
Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844
The German Ideology
Manifesto of the Communist Party
A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy
Value, Price, and Profit
JOHN STUART MILL
Introduction - Jeremy Waldron
Utilitarianism
On Liberty
The Subjection of Women
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE
Introduction - Richard Schacht
Beyond Good and Evil
HANNAH ARENDT
Introduction - Michael McCarthy
The Origins of Totalitarianism
F. A. HAYEK
Introduction - David Schmidtz
The Road to Serfdom
ISAIAH BERLIN
Introduction - Robert B. Talisse
Two Concepts of Liberty
CHARLES TAYLOR
Introduction - Robert B. Talisse
What's Wrong with Negative Liberty?
JOHN RAWLS
Introduction - Joshua Cohen
A Theory of Justice
Political Liberalism
MICHAEL J. SANDEL
Introduction - Robert B. Talisse
The Procedural Republic and the Unencumbered Self
ROBERT NOZICK
Introduction - Thomas Christiano
Anarchy, State, and Utopia
MICHAEL FOUCAULT
Introduction - Thomas A. McCarthy
Power/Knowledge
JURGEN HABERMAS
Introduction - Thomas A. McCarthy
Three Normative Models of Democracy
On the Internal Relation Between the Rule of Law and Democracy
VIRGINIA HELD
Introduction - Cheshire Calhoun
Non-Contractual Society: A Feminist View
MARTHA C. NUSSBAUM
Introduction - Eva Feder Kittay
The Feminist Critique of Liberalism
IRIS YOUNG
Introduction - Ann E. Cudd
The Five Faces of Oppression
KWAME ANTHONY APPIAH
Introduction - Tommie Shelby
The Ethics of Identity
DOCUMENTS AND ADDRESSES
PERICLES
Funeral Oration
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES
THE DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF MAN AND OF THE CITIZEN
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Gettysburg Address
Second Inaugural Address
JOHN DEWEY
Democracy
THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
Letter from a Birmingham City Jail
The March on Washington Address
The Procedural Republic and the Unencumbered Self

Reviews

"Political Philosophy is an excellent book that I use often in my courses. It is comprehensive and easy to use. For my part, it is the best such book on the market." - Adam Cureton, University of Tennessee

"The introductions are a real strength of Political Philosophy. They are clear, extremely helpful, and written by leaders in the field." - Matthew Weidenfeld, Elon University

"Political Philosophy is streamlined, comprehensive, and affordable. An eminently functional text for any political philosophy survey course." - Jacob Held, University of Central Arkansas