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Modern political thought / Raymond Plant.
Record no.:
4846
Author:
Plant, Raymond.;
Publisher:
Cambridge, Mass., USA :: Basil Blackwell,
Year:
1991.
Description:
xi, 398 pages ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Political science - Philosophy.;
Political science - Methodology.;
Political science.;
Notes:
Nagle Library copy ex dono Adrian Diethelm, Rector.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 380-387) and index.
Type:
Monograph
ISBN:
0631142231 9780631142232 063114224X 9780631142249;
Abstract:
Shaking the foundations of the political theory -- Human nature and political theory -- Librealism : rights and justice -- Utilitarianism -- The claims of need and politics -- Liberty, interests and morality -- Rights and the state -- Justice, punishment
and the state -- Political philosophy on Dover Beach? : Reasoning, context and community.

Reviews and analyzes the major developments that have taken place in political thought over the last 15 years. It takes as its theme the question of the legitimacy of the state and seeks to interpret work on rights, justice, interests, power, welfare, and equality.
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