1st Edition

Violence for Equality (Routledge Revivals) Inquiries in Political Philosophy

By Ted Honderich Copyright 2015
    240 Pages
    by Routledge

    240 Pages
    by Routledge

    Violence for Equality, first published in 1989, questions the morality of political violence and challenges the presuppositions, inconsistencies and prejudices of liberal-democratic thinking. This book should be of interest to teachers and students of philosophy and politics.

    Acknowledgments;  Introduction;  1. On inequality and violence, and differences we make between them  2. The principle of equality  3. Our omissions and their violence  4. On two pieces of reasoning about our obligation to obey the law  5. On democratic violence  6. Four conclusions and political violence on the left;  Notes;  Index

    Biography

    Ted Honderich,