Ebook: Political Philosophy

Cover; Contents; Preface; Texts; 1. Why Political Philosophy?; 2. Antigone and the Politics of Conflict; 3. Socrates and the Examined Life; 4. Plato on Justice and the Human Good; 5. Aristotle's Science of Regime Politics; 6. The Politics of the Bible; 7. Machiavelli and the Art of Political Founding; 8. Hobbes's New Science of Politics; 9. Locke and the Art of Constitutional Government; 10. Rousseau on Civilization and Its Discontents; 11. Tocqueville and the Dilemmas of Democracy; 12. In Defense of Patriotism; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X.