Sovereignty. An Inquiry into the Political Good

Abstract

Preface Translator's note Introduction Part I. Authority: 1. The essence of politics 2. Authority 3. The office of leadership and the office of adjustment 4. The group 5. Of the relations between authorities Part II. The Political Good: 6. Of benevolence in the sovereign will 7. The problem of the common good 8. Of social friendship 9. Justice Part III. The Sovereign: 10. On the development of the idea of the sovereign will 11. The sovereign as legislator 12. The theory of the limited will and 'fortunate powerlessness' Part IV. Liberty: 13. The political consequences of Descartes 14. The political consequences of Hobbes 15. Liberty 16. Liberty of opinion and natural light Conclusion Index.

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