Name: Oxford World's Classics: Enquiry Concerning Politic Justice (World Classics)
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Author: William Godwin
ISBN: 9780199642625

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Oxford World's Classics: Enquiry Concerning Politic Justice (World Classics)

Type

Physical Book

Author

William Godwin

Mark Philp

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Collection

Oxford World&#x02019,s Classics

Year

2014

Language

English

Pages

560

Format

Paperback

Weight

0.36 kg.

ISBN13

9780199642625

Synopsis "Oxford World's Classics: Enquiry Concerning Politic Justice (World Classics)"

'To a rational being there can be but one rule of conduct, justice, and one mode of ascertaining that rule, the exercise of his understanding.' Godwin's Political Justice is the founding text of philosophical anarchism. Written in the immediate aftermath of the French Revolution, it exemplifies the political optimism felt by many writers and intellectuals. Godwin drew on enlightenment ideas and his background in religious dissent for the principles of justice, utility, and the sanctity of individual judgement that drove his powerful critique of all forms of secular and religious authority. He predicts the triumph of justice and equality over injustice, and of mind over matter, and the eventual vanquishing of human frailty and mortality. He also foresees the gradual elimination of practices governing property, punishment, law, and marriage and the displacement of politics by an expanded personal morality resulting from reasoned argument and candid discussion. Political Justice raises deep philosophical questions about the nature of our duty to others that remain central to modern debates on ethics and politics. This edition reprints the first-edition text of 1793, and examines Godwin's evolving philosophy in the context of his life and work. About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

William Godwin

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William Godwin (Wisbech, March 3, 1756 - London, April 7, 1836) was a British politician and writer, considered one of the most important forerunners of anarchist thought. He is also famous for the women with whom he was linked during his life: he married feminist writer Mary Wollstonecraft in 1797 and together they had a daughter, also named Mary, who has gone down in history as the author of the Gothic novel Frankenstein.

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