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Dudley Knowles

Politics

Table of contents

- Book Cover (Page 1)
- Title (Page 4)
- Contents (Page 5)
- Preface (Page 12)
- Introduction (Page 18)
- The methods of ethics and political philosophy (Page 20)
- Political philosophy (Page 31)
- Utilitarianism (Page 40)
- The foundations of utilitarianism (Page 41)
- Utilitarian political philosophy (Page 62)
- Conclusion (Page 81)
- Liberty (Page 86)
- Analysis (Page 88)
- The value of freedom (Page 105)
- Free states and free citizens (Page 121)
- Conclusion (Page 146)
- Rights (Page 150)
- Analysis and definition (Page 152)
- The justification of rights (Page 172)
- Distributive justice (Page 194)
- Entitlement (Page 195)
- Human needs (Page 212)
- Equality of what? (Page 223)
- John Rawls's theory of justice (Page 232)
- Political obligation (Page 256)
- Anarchism and communitarianism (Page 265)
- Consent and contract (Page 277)
- The benefits of good government (Page 299)
- Conclusion (Page 313)
- Democracy (Page 316)
- Rousseau: freedom, equality and the general will (Page 319)
- Direct and representative democracy (Page 328)
- Democracy and majority tyranny (Page 336)
- Democracy, deliberation and disagreement (Page 343)
- Notes (Page 360)
- Bibliography (Page 392)
- Index (Page 404)