Essay in Political Philosophy

By: A. J. M. Milne

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Hardcover | 12 January 1998 | Edition Number 1

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The moral justification for government is, that it is needed to promote the community's interest. What is that interest an interest in? Upon what basis can disagreements about the community's interest and individual interests be reconciled? Can democracy enable dissatisfaction with their reconciliation to be lived with? Perhaps, if people are prepared to meet the requirements of democratic citizenship. What are these requirements, and what is their justification? These are the questions with which this book is concerned.

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Acknowledgments	p. x
Introduction
Philosophy and its subject matter	p. 1
Reasons for starting with T.H. Green-on the plan of this book	p. 7
The Common Good
The Common Good and T. H. Green's Ethical Theory	p. 17
Exposition of Green's Ethical Theory	p. 17
Criticism of Green's ethical theory: on the idea of 'good' and its varieties	p. 23
Criticism continued: the common good and the social good	p. 29
Criticism continued: morality and the true good	p. 38
The Common Good and Humanistic Social Ethics	p. 51
On rules and rule-controlled action	p. 51
On principles and principle-directed action	p. 59
Common morality and particular moralities	p. 66
Good and evil, right and wrong, fact and value	p. 74
The Common Good and T.H. Green's Political Theory	p. 84
Exposition of Green's political theory: on the key role of the idea of rights	p. 84
Elucidation of the idea of rights	p. 88
Elucidation of the idea of rights (continued): rights and morality	p. 93
On the sources of rights	p. 102
Green's political theory: interpretation and assessment-from a 'rights-based' to a 'neo-communitarian' idea of the state	p. 113
Green's political theory: interpretation and assessment (continued)-state action and 'the removal of obstacles'	p. 119
Politics and the Human Condition
The Idea of Government	p. 129
Three questions about government: some related conceptual issues	p. 129
Answers to the three questions: on political authority	p. 137
On the nature and significance of government: why government must be constitutional	p. 146
Forms of government: on representative democracy, representation and accountability	p. 157
Representative democracy (continued): political controversy, political participation, local government and federalism	p. 166
Government and Morality	p. 175
Political obligation	p. 175
Political obligation (continued): the consent theory	p. 186
Anarchism, autonomy and freedom	p. 196
Autonomy (continued): corporate autonomy and the value of autonomy	p. 205
On punishment: its nature, purpose and justification	p. 216
Punishment (continued): some issues arising from its purpose and justification	p. 225
Polarization, rebellion, civil disobedience	p. 229
On Controversy, Conflict and the Human Condition	p. 241
On the concepts of controversy and of conflict	p. 241
Controversy and conflict (continued): on discussion and negotiation	p. 251
Human characteristics, human rationality and the human condition	p. 258
Religion and the human condition	p. 268
Humanistic social ethics and the human condition	p. 276
Political controversy and the paradox of party politics	p. 285
Retrospect and Unfinished Business	p. 296
Synopsis and commentary	p. 296
Tensions and difficulties	p. 306
Notes	p. 317
Index	p. 334
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