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Title
Technology and the end of authority : what Is government for? / Jason Kuznicki.
ISBN
9783319486925 (electronic book)
3319486926 (electronic book)
9783319486918
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Springer Science and Business Media : Palgrave Macmillan, [2017]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource.
Call Number
T49.5
Dewey Decimal Classification
338.927
Summary
This book provides a critical survey of Western political philosophy from a classical liberal perspective, paying particular attention to knowledge problems and the problem of political authority. Its central argument is that the state is a tool for solving a historically changing set of problems, and that, as a tool, the state is frequently deficient on both moral and practical grounds. Government action can be considered as a response to a set of problems, all of which may conceivably be solved in some other manner as well. The book examines in particular the relationship between the state and technology over time. Technological developments may make the state more or less necessary over time, which is a consideration that is relatively new in the history of political philosophy, but increasingly important. The book is organized chronologically and concludes with an essay on trends in the history of political philosophy, as well as its surprisingly bright prospects for future development.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description
Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed February 6, 2017).
Introduction: The March of God in the World
The Ancient State and the Myth of Marathon
The Ancient Dissenters
Christianity and the City of Man: From Retreat to Reform
The March of the State in the Early Modern World
The Social Contractarians: Can an Agreement Specify What Government is For?
The Modern Omnipotent State
The Structures of Political Theory
The State Is a Bundle
Some Objections to the Theory
The Falsification of State Action
Advancing Technology Demands Intellectual Modesty
On Trade as a Central Feature of Society. .
