The Philosophical Theory of the State.

Abstract

Preface 1. Rise and conditions of the philosophical theory of the state 2. Sociological compared with philosophical theory 3. The paradox of political obligation self-government 4. The problem of political obligation more radically treated 5. The conception of a 'real' will 6. The conception of liberty as illustrated by the foregoing suggestions 7. Psychological illustration of the idea of a real or general will 8. Nature of the end of the state and consequent limit of state action 9. Rousseau's theory as applied to the modern state: Kant, Fichte, Hegel 10. The analysis of a modern state. Hegel's 'Philosophy of right' 11. Institutions considered as ethical ideas Index.