Three Anarchical Fallacies by William A Edmundson
How is a legitimate state possible? Obedience, coercion and intrusion are three ideas that seem inseparable from all government and seem to render state authority presumptively illegitimate. This book exposes three fallacies inspired by these ideas and in doing so challenges assumptions shared by liberals, libertarians, cultural conservatives, moderates and Marxists. In three clear and tightly argued essays William Edmundson dispels these fallacies and shows that living in a just state remains a worthy ideal. This is an important book for all philosophers, political scientists and legal theorists as well as other readers interested in the views of Rawls, Dworkin and Nozick, many of whose central ideas are subjected to rigorous critique.-
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Permissible Killing
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Risks and Wrongs
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Punishment, Compensation, and Law
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Constitutionalism
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The Jurisprudential Foundations of Corporate and Commercial Law
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Consent to Sexual Relations
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Objectivity in Law and Morals
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A Common Law Theory of Judicial Review
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Norms in a Wired World
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In Harm's Way
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Judging in Good Faith
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The Path of the Law and its Influence
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Truth, Error, and Criminal Law
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Common Law Theory
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Natural Law and Practical Rationality
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Justification Defenses and Just Convictions
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Moral Combat
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Legal Positivism in American Jurisprudence
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Philosophy and the Criminal Law
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Automatism, Insanity, and the Psychology of Criminal Responsibility
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Liability and Responsibility
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The Moral Conditions of Economic Efficiency
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Philosophy and the Law of Torts
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The Ethics of Deference
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New Essays in the Legal and Political Theory of Property
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Equality, Responsibility, and the Law
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Complicity
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Responsibility and Control
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Beyond Comparison
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Crimes against Humanity
'The 'fallacies' in the title are three assumptions which stand as obstacles to finding a successful account of state legitimacyEdmundson examines these assumptions in impressive detail, deploying interesting, if controversial, arguments for rejecting them.' Political Studies
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521624541 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521624541 |
| Title | Three Anarchical Fallacies |
| Author | William A Edmundson |
| Series | Cambridge Studies In Philosophy And Law |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 1998-09-28 |
| Number of pages | 206 |
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