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History of Political Theory: An Introduction not only explores the great works of Western political theory but demonstrates their continuing relevance. Volume II traces the origin and development of liberal political theory, and so the foundations for contemporary views. The work provides a readable, scholarly introduction to the great figures in Western political theory from Hobbes to Marx. Major theorists examined include Hobbes, Locke, Hume, Montesquieu, Rousseau,Burke, Mill, and Marx, not only major figures in the liberal tradition but liberal political theory's most important critics. The

Like the first edition, this edition of The Development of Plato's Political Theory provides a clear, scholarly account of Plato's political theory in the context of the social and political events of his time. This second edition has been thoroughly revised to take into account scholarly developments during the last twenty years. - ;Since its publication twenty years ago, the first edition of this work has been the closest thing to a standard book on Plato's political theory. Like the first edition, this edition of The Development of Plato's Political Theory provides a clear, scholarly accoun

Like the first edition, this edition of The Development of Plato's Political Theory provides a clear, scholarly account of Plato's political theory in the context of the social and political events of his time. This second edition has been thoroughly revised to take into account scholarly developments during the last twenty years. - ;Since its publication twenty years ago, the first edition of this work has been the closest thing to a standard book on Plato's political theory. Like the first edition, this edition of The Development of Plato's Political Theory provides a clear, scholarly accoun.

In this now-classic work, he clearly and systematically formulates what others thought impossible_a principle of fairness that specifies a set of conditions which grounds existing political obligations and bridges the gap between the abstract accounts of political principles and the actual beliefs of political actors. Brought up-to-date with a new introduction, this new edition will be of great interest to all interested in political thought

Although understanding political obligations as content-independent is standard in the literature, this view cannot be defended. Central to this position is a single content-independent reason to obey virtually all laws because they are laws, as opposed to because of their particular contents. However, intuitively plausible and familiar this view may be, adequate foundational reasons are not to be had. My particular focus is "scope limitations" of content-independent moral reasons. Content-independent moral reasons commonly evoked can be seen to be unable to justify adequate ranges of laws. I demonstrate this problem in regard to what I view as the two strongest contemporary theories of political obligation, based on fair play and natural duties of justice. Accordingly, to preserve the content independence of political obligations, we must do so in a different way. The modified view I suggest combines different scope-limited content-independent reasons to justify an adequate range of laws.