"Excellent collection, both in editing of individual selections and in the relationship between classic and contemporary texts."--Jeffrey G. Seward, University of Texas at San Antonio (on the previous edition)"Good balance of traditional and contemporary readings."--Monalisa Mullins, University of Dayton"Some of the best contributors to social and political philosophy, together with well chosen excerpts from classical authors."--Dagfinn Follesdal, Stanford University"This is an excellent collection of reading combining classical and contemporary sources very well. The readings have been skillfully edited and the book well organized. It could be used on an introductory level or an intermediate level."--Carl Wellman, Washington University-Saint Louis"Very balanced and useful set of texts."--S. Payne, University of Wisconsin-Madison"Stewart offers fine coverage of the themes, arguments, and writers necessary for a responsible undergraduate course."--James E. Bayley, The City College of New York

• I. POLITICAL OBLIGATION AND CONSENT ; Crito ; Of the Original Contract ; Obligation and Consent, II ; The Principle of Fair Play ; II. FREEDOM AND COERCION ; Of the Liberty of Subjects ; Two Concepts of Liberty ; What's Wrong with Negative Liberty ; From On Liberty ; The "Open Society" and Its Fallacies ; Freedom of Expression and Categories of Expression ; Liberty and Harm to Others ; We Do Not Have a Right To Liberty ; III. JUSTICE AND EQUALITY ; From Discourse on the Origin of Inequality ; A Kantian Conception of Equality ; Distributive Justice ; Distributive Justice ; Liberty, Contract, and Contribution ; Equality ; Communitarian and Liberal Theories of the Good ; Responsibility, Reactive Attitudes, and Liberalism in Philosophy and Politics ; The Domain of the Political and Overlapping Consensus ; IV. DEMOCRACY AND REPRESENTATION ; From Considerations on Representative Government ; Open Government and Just Legislation: A Defense of Democracy ; A Paradox in the Theory of Democracy ; Democracy Without Preference ; Losing the Faith: Feminism and Democracy ; Political Representation ; Implementing Representation: A Framework and Two Applications

"Excellent collection, both in editing of individual selections and in the relationship between classic and contemporary texts."--Jeffrey G. Seward, University of Texas at San Antonio (on the previous edition)"Good balance of traditional and contemporary readings."--Monalisa Mullins, University of Dayton"Some of the best contributors to social and political philosophy, together with well chosen excerpts from classical authors."--Dagfinn Follesdal, Stanford University"This is an excellent collection of reading combining classical and contemporary sources very well. The readings have been skillfully edited and the book well organized. It could be used on an introductory level or an intermediate level."--Carl Wellman, Washington University-Saint Louis"Very balanced and useful set of texts."--S. Payne, University of Wisconsin-Madison"Stewart offers fine coverage of the themes, arguments, and writers necessary for a responsible undergraduate course."--James E. Bayley, The City College of New York

• I. POLITICAL OBLIGATION AND CONSENT ; Crito ; Of the Original Contract ; Obligation and Consent, II ; The Principle of Fair Play ; II. FREEDOM AND COERCION ; Of the Liberty of Subjects ; Two Concepts of Liberty ; What's Wrong with Negative Liberty ; From On Liberty ; The "Open Society" and Its Fallacies ; Freedom of Expression and Categories of Expression ; Liberty and Harm to Others ; We Do Not Have a Right To Liberty ; III. JUSTICE AND EQUALITY ; From Discourse on the Origin of Inequality ; A Kantian Conception of Equality ; Distributive Justice ; Distributive Justice ; Liberty, Contract, and Contribution ; Equality ; Communitarian and Liberal Theories of the Good ; Responsibility, Reactive Attitudes, and Liberalism in Philosophy and Politics ; The Domain of the Political and Overlapping Consensus ; IV. DEMOCRACY AND REPRESENTATION ; From Considerations on Representative Government ; Open Government and Just Legislation: A Defense of Democracy ; A Paradox in the Theory of Democracy ; Democracy Without Preference ; Losing the Faith: Feminism and Democracy ; Political Representation ; Implementing Representation: A Framework and Two Applications

"Excellent collection, both in editing of individual selections and in the relationship between classic and contemporary texts."--Jeffrey G. Seward, University of Texas at San Antonio (on the previous edition)"Good balance of traditional and contemporary readings."--Monalisa Mullins, University of Dayton"Some of the best contributors to social and political philosophy, together with well chosen excerpts from classical authors."--Dagfinn Follesdal, Stanford University"This is an excellent collection of reading combining classical and contemporary sources very well. The readings have been skillfully edited and the book well organized. It could be used on an introductory level or an intermediate level."--Carl Wellman, Washington University-Saint Louis"Very balanced and useful set of texts."--S. Payne, University of Wisconsin-Madison"Stewart offers fine coverage of the themes, arguments, and writers necessary for a responsible undergraduate course."--James E. Bayley, The City College of New York

• I. POLITICAL OBLIGATION AND CONSENT ; Crito ; Of the Original Contract ; Obligation and Consent, II ; The Principle of Fair Play ; II. FREEDOM AND COERCION ; Of the Liberty of Subjects ; Two Concepts of Liberty ; What's Wrong with Negative Liberty ; From On Liberty ; The "Open Society" and Its Fallacies ; Freedom of Expression and Categories of Expression ; Liberty and Harm to Others ; We Do Not Have a Right To Liberty ; III. JUSTICE AND EQUALITY ; From Discourse on the Origin of Inequality ; A Kantian Conception of Equality ; Distributive Justice ; Distributive Justice ; Liberty, Contract, and Contribution ; Equality ; Communitarian and Liberal Theories of the Good ; Responsibility, Reactive Attitudes, and Liberalism in Philosophy and Politics ; The Domain of the Political and Overlapping Consensus ; IV. DEMOCRACY AND REPRESENTATION ; From Considerations on Representative Government ; Open Government and Just Legislation: A Defense of Democracy ; A Paradox in the Theory of Democracy ; Democracy Without Preference ; Losing the Faith: Feminism and Democracy ; Political Representation ; Implementing Representation: A Framework and Two Applications