Boundaries of Authority
Author:   A. John Simmons (Commonwealth Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Law, Commonwealth Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Law, University of Virginia)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
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Pages:   272
Publication Date:   04 August 2016
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   A. John Simmons (Commonwealth Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Law, Commonwealth Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Law, University of Virginia)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 23.90cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 16.50cm
Weight:   0.508kg
ISBN:  

9780190603489


ISBN 10:   0190603488
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   04 August 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface Introduction Part I: Political Authority and State Boundaries Chapter 1: Authority: Practical, Political, Territorial Chapter 2: Disobedience, Nonideal Theory, and Historical Illegitimacy Chapter 3: Kantian Functionalism and the Boundary Problem Part II: States' Territorial Rights Chapter 4: Territorial Rights: Justificatory Strategies Chapter 5: A Lockean Voluntarist Account Chapter 6: Alternative Approaches Part III: Property and Territory Chapter 7: Rights Supersession Chapter 8: Resource Rights Chapter 9: Borders

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""Summing Up: Recommended."" -- CHOICE ""Simmons's important book diagnoses a fundamental ""boundary"" problem for contemporary political theory, and there is much to learn about territorial questions from its pages. As the best developed Lockean account of boundaries, it is essential reading for anyone interested in these matters."" -- Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews


Simmons's important book diagnoses a fundamental boundary problem for contemporary political theory, and there is much to learn about territorial questions from its pages. As the best developed Lockean account of boundaries, it is essential reading for anyone interested in these matters. Anna Stilz, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Summing Up: Recommended. J.C. Hickman, CHOICE


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A. JOHN SIMMONS is Commonwealth Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Law at the University of Virginia. He has been an editor of the journal Philosophy & Public Affairs since 1982. He is the author of Moral Principles and Political Obligations (1979), The Lockean Theory of Rights (1992), On the Edge of Anarchy: Locke, Consent, and the Limits of Society (1993), Justification and Legitimacy: Essays on Rights and Obligations (2000), Is There a Duty to Obey the Law? For and Against (with C.H. Wellman) (2005), Political Philosophy (OUP, 2008), and many other publications on topics in moral, political, and legal philosophy. He has edited the books International Ethics (1985) and Punishment (1995) and has chaired the University of Virginia's Philosophy Department and its Program on Political and Social Thought.

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