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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      19 March 2010
      28 September 1998
      ISBN:
      9780511663741
      9780521624541
      9780521037518
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511663741
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.476kg, 206 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.323kg, 208 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Political Theory, Legal Philosophy, Politics and International Relations, Philosophy, Political Philosophy
      Series:
      Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Law
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    Subjects:
    Political Theory, Legal Philosophy, Politics and International Relations, Philosophy, Political Philosophy
    Series:
    Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Law
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    How is a legitimate state possible? Obedience, coercion and intrusion are three ideas that seem inseparable from all government and seem to render state authority presumptively illegitimate. This book exposes three fallacies inspired by these ideas and in doing so challenges assumptions shared by liberals, libertarians, cultural conservatives, moderates and Marxists. In three clear and tightly argued essays William Edmundson dispels these fallacies and shows that living in a just state remains a worthy ideal. This is an important book for all philosophers, political scientists and legal theorists as well as other readers interested in the views of Rawls, Dworkin and Nozick, many of whose central ideas are subjected to rigorous critique.

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    ‘The ‘fallacies’ in the title are three assumptions which stand as obstacles to finding a successful account of state legitimacy. Edmundson examines these assumptions in impressive detail, deploying interesting, if controversial, arguments for rejecting them.’

    Source: Political Studies

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