In this Book
- On the Edge of Anarchy: Locke, Consent, and the Limits of Society
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: Princeton University Press
- Series: Studies in Moral, Political, and Legal Philosophy
This book completes A. John Simmons's exploration and development of Lockean moral and political philosophy, a project begun in The Lockean Theory of Rights (Princeton paperback edition, 1994). Here Simmons discusses the Lockean view of the nature of, grounds for, and limits on political relations between persons.
Originally published in 1993.
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Table of Contents
- Abbreviations
- pp. vii-viii
- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-2
- Introduction
- pp. 3-10
- Part 1: Nonconsensual Relations
- 1. The Lockean State of Nature
- pp. 13-39
- 2. Force and Right
- pp. 40-56
- Part 2: Consent and Government
- 3. Political Consent
- pp. 59-79
- 4. The Varieties of Consent
- pp. 80-98
- Part 3: The Limits of Society
- 5. Inalienable Rights
- pp. 101-146
- 6. Dissolution and Resistance
- pp. 147-192
- Part 4: Consent and the Edge of Anarchy
- pp. 193-196
- 7. The Critique of Lockean Consent Theory
- pp. 197-217
- 8. Consent, Obligation, and Anarchy
- pp. 218-270
- Works Cited
- pp. 271-284
- Other Works in the Series
- pp. 294-295