UID:
edocfu_9959230498602883
Format:
1 online resource (xliii, 144 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-316-28289-9
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1-316-28387-9
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1-316-28441-7
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1-316-28507-3
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0-521-10342-8
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1-316-03637-5
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1-316-28434-4
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1-316-28501-4
Series Statement:
Cambridge studies in the history and theory of politics
Uniform Title:
Ideen zu einem Versuch die Grenzen der Wirksamkeit des Staats zu bestimmen.
Content:
This text is important both as one of the most interesting contributions to the liberalism of the German Enlightenment, and as the most significant source for the ideas which John Stuart Mill popularized in his essay On Liberty. Humboldt's concern is to define the criteria by which the permissible limits of the state's activities may be determined. His basic principle, like that of Mill, is that the only justification for government interference is the prevention of harm to others. He discusses in detail the role and limits of the state's responsibility for the welfare, security and morals of its citizens. Humboldt's special achievement in this work is to enlarge our sense of what a liberal political theory might be by his particularly sensitive grasp of the complexity of our attitudes to and our need of other people. Dr Burrow has based his translation on Coulthard's version of 1854. In an important introduction, he provides a most perceptive as well as scholarly guide to Humboldt's political thought.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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""Cover ""; ""Half Title ""; ""Series Page""; ""Title Page ""; ""Copyright ""; ""Contents ""; ""Editor's Introduction""; ""On the Limits of State Action ""; ""Chapter I Introduction""; ""Chapter II Of the individual man, and the highest ends of his existence ""; ""Chapter III On the solicitude of the State for the positive welfare of the citizen""; ""Chapter IV Of the solicitude of the State for the negative welfare of the citizen For his security""; ""Chapter V On the solicitude of the State for security against foreign enemies""
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""Chapter VI On the solicitude of the State for the mutual security of the citizens Means for attaining this end Institutions for reforming the mind and character of the citizen National education"" ""Chapter VII Religion""; ""Chapter VIII Amelioration of morals""; ""Chapter IX The solicitude of the State for security more accurately and positively defined Further development of the idea of security""; ""Chapter X On the solicitude of the State for security with respect to actions which directly relate to the agent only (police laws)""
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""Chapter XI On the solicitude of the State for security with respect to such of the citizens' actions as relate directly to others (civil laws)""""Chapter XII On the solicitude of the State for security as manifested in the juridical decision of disputes among the citizens""; ""Chapter XIII On the solicitude for security as manifested in the punishment of transgressions of the State's laws (criminal laws)""; ""Chapter XIV On the solicitude of the State for the welfare of minors, lunatics, and idiots""; ""Chapter XV Measures for the maintenance of the State Completion of the theory""
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""Chapter XVI Practical application of the theory proposed"" ""Other Works by Wilhelm von Humboldt""; ""Select Bibliography""; ""Index""
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-322-88244-4
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-07656-0
Language:
English
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