An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice

by William Godwin

Book Overview

'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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199642621
• ISBN13: 9780199642625
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.0" x 7.6"