Enquiry Concerning Political Justice and its Influence on Morals and Happiness. Volume 2

William Godwin (1756 - 1836)

It was Godwin, in his Enquiry concerning Political Justice (2 vols., 1793), who was the first to formulate the political and economical conceptions of anarchism, even though he did not give that name to the ideas developed in his remarkable work. Laws, he wrote, are not a product of the wisdom of our ancestors: they are the product of their passions, their timidity, their jealousies and their ambition. The remedy they offer is worse than the evils they pretend to cure. - Summary by Peter Kropotkin

Genre(s): Political Science

Language: English

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Play 01 BOOK V. CHAP. I. INTRODUCTION Jddykst
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Play 02 BOOK V. CHAP. II. OF EDUCATION, THE EDUCATION OF A PRINCE ReeceT
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Play 03 BOOK V. CHAP. III. PRIVATE LIFE OF A PRINCE. HenRMJ
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Play 04 BOOK V. CHAP. IV. OF A VIRTUOUS DESPOTISM Mark Anderson
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Play 05 BOOK V. CHAP. V. OF COURTS AND MINISTERS Mark Anderson
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Play 06 BOOK V. CHAP. VI. OF SUBJECTS Jddykst
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Play 07 BOOK V. CHAP. VII. OF ELECTIVE MONARCHY Jddykst
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Play 08 BOOK V. CHAP. VIII. OF LIMITED MONARCHY Jddykst
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Play 09 BOOK V. CHAP. IX. OF A PRESIDENT WITH REGAL POWERS Jddykst
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Play 10 BOOK V. CHAP. X. OF HEREDITARY DISTINCTION Jddykst
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Play 11 BOOK V. CHAP. XI. MORAL EFFECTS OF ARISTOCRACY Jddykst
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Play 12 BOOK V. CHAP. XII. OF TITLES Jddykst
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Play 13 BOOK V. CHAP. XIII. OF THE ARISTOCRATICAL CHARACTER Jddykst
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Play 14 BOOK V. CHAP. XIV. GENERAL FEATURES OF DEMOCRACY Jddykst
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Play 15 BOOK V. CHAP. XV. OF POLITICAL IMPOSTURE Jddykst
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Play 16 BOOK V. CHAP. XVI. OF THE CAUSES OF WAR KateTk
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Play 17 BOOK V. CHAP. XVII. OF THE OBJECT OF WAR Arden
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Play 18 BOOK V. CHAP. XVIII. OF THE CONDUCT OF WAR Arden
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Play 19 BOOK V. CHAP. XIX. OF MILITARY ESTABLISHMENTS AND TREATIES Arden
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Play 20 BOOK V. CHAP. XX. OF DEMOCRACY AS CONNECTED WITH THE TRANSACTIONS OF WAR Arden
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Play 21 BOOK V. CHAP. XXI. OP THE COMPOSITION OF GOVERNMENT KateTk
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Play 22 BOOK V. CHAP. XXII. OF THE FUTURE HISTORY OF POLITICAL SOCIETIES Arden
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Play 23 BOOK V. CHAP. XXIII. OF NATIONAL ASSEMBLIES KateTk
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Play 24 BOOK V. CHAP. XXIV. OF THE DISSOLUTION OF GOVERNMENT Michael Poling
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Play 25 BOOK VI. CHAP. I. GENERAL EFFECTS OF THE POLITICAL SUPERINTENDENCE OF OPINION Arden
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Play 26 BOOK VI. CHAP. II. OF RELIGIOUS ESTABLISHMENTS J. Grunfelder
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Play 27 BOOK VI. CHAP. III. OF THE SUPPRESSION OF ERRONEOUS OPINION IN RELIGION AND GOVERNMENT J. Grunfelder
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Play 28 BOOK VI. CHAP. IV. OF TESTS Arden
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Play 29 BOOK VI. CHAP. V. OF OATHS Arden
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Play 30 BOOK VI. CHAP. VI. OF LIBELS Arden
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Play 31 BOOK VI. CHAP. VII. OF CONSTITUTIONS Arden
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Play 32 BOOK VI. CHAP. VIII. OF NATIONAL EDUCATION Arden
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Play 33 BOOK VI. CHAP. IX. OF PENSIONS AND SALARIES Arden
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Play 34 BOOK VI. CHAP. X. OF THE MODES OF DECIDING A QUESTION ON THE PART OF THE COMMUNITY Arden
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Play 35 BOOK VII. CHAP. I. LIMITATIONS OF THE DOCTRINE OF PUNISHMENT WHICH RESULT FROM THE PRINCIPLES OF MORALITY Anautumnous
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Play 36 BOOK VII. CHAP. II. GENERAL DISADVANTAGES OF PUNISHMENT Anautumnous
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Play 37 BOOK VII. CHAP. III. OF THE PURPOSES OF PUNISHMENT Arden
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Play 38 BOOK VII. CHAP. IV. OF THE APPLICATION OF PUNISHMENT Arden
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Play 39 BOOK VII. CHAP. V. OF PUNISHMENT CONSIDERED AS A TEMPORARY EXPEDIENT Arden
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Play 40 BOOK VII. CHAP. VI. SCALE OF PUNISHMENT Arden
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Play 41 BOOK VII. CHAP. VII. OF EVIDENCE Jddykst
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Play 42 BOOK VII. CHAP. VIII. OF LAW Jddykst
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Play 43 BOOK VII. CHAP. IX. OF PARDONS Jddykst
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Play 44 BOOK VIII. CHAP. I. PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS Arden
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Play 45 BOOK VIII. CHAP. II. PRINCIPLES OF PROPERTY HenRMJ
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Play 46 BOOK VIII. CHAP. III. BENEFITS ATTENDANT ON A SYSTEM OF EQUALITY Jddykst
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Play 47 BOOK VIII. CHAP. IV. OBJECTION TO THIS SYSTEM FROM THE FRAILTY OF THE HUMAN MIND Arden
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Play 48 BOOK VIII. CHAP. V. OBJECTION TO THIS SYSTEM FROM QUESTION OF PERMANENCE Arden
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Play 49 BOOK VIII. CHAP. VI. OBJECTION TO THIS SYSTEM FROM THE ALLUREMENTS OF SLOTH Arden
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Play 50 BOOK VIII. CHAP. VII. OBJECTION TO THIS SYSTEM FROM THE BENEFITS OF LUXURY czandra
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Play 51 BOOK VIII. CHAP. VIII. OBJECTION TO THIS SYSTEM FROM THE INFLEXIBILITY OF ITS RESTRICTIONS Arden
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Play 52 BOOK VIII. CHAP. IX. OBJECTION TO THIS SYSTEM FROM THE PRINCIPLE OF POPULATION Arden
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Play 53 BOOK VIII. CHAP.X. REFLECTIONS. HenRMJ
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