Ethics of Coercion and Authority: A Philosophical Study of Social Life
Ethics of Coercion and Authority: A Philosophical Study of Social Life
by Timo Airaksinen
University of Pittsburgh Press, 1988 eISBN: 978-0-8229-7652-3 | Paper: 978-0-8229-8508-2 | Cloth: 978-0-8229-3583-4 Library of Congress Classification HM271.A43 1988 Dewey Decimal Classification 303.3
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
“The work would be of great value to philosophers engaged in the conceptual analysis of coercion, to political scientists studying the state or other coercive institutions, and to advanced readers interested in the field of peace research.”—Choice
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Timo Airaksinen is professor of moral philosophy and head of the Department of Social and Moral Philosophy at Helsinki University.
REVIEWS
“The work would be of great value to philosophers engaged in the conceptual analysis of coercion, to political scientists studying the state or other coercive institutions, and to advanced readers interested in the field of peace research.”
—Choice
“This is the first full-scale treatise to draw a clear analytical distinction between coercion and authority, or control based on threats and on trust. . . . The works of Gauthier, Rawls, and Nozick inform discussion, as their views are contrasted with those of Engels and Hegel.” —The Philosopher's Index
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
Preface
1. Focus on Power
2. Threats and Personal Coercion
3. Types and Meaning of Repression
4. Coercive Institutions
5. The Requirement of the Diversity of Morals
Notes
Index
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