An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice

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book philosophical treatise

An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice is an influential 1793 philosophical treatise by William Godwin that critiques existing political institutions and advocates rational anarchism and social reform.

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Enquiry Concerning Political Justice	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book ⓘ philosophical treatise ⓘ
advocates	gradual social reform ⓘ individual perfectibility ⓘ reason ⓘ social equality ⓘ
author	William Godwin ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
criticizes	established government ⓘ hereditary privilege ⓘ monarchy ⓘ political institutions ⓘ
firstEditionPublisher	G. G. and J. Robinson ⓘ surface form: G. G. J. and J. Robinson
genre	moral philosophy ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ
hasEdition	first edition 1793 ⓘ second edition 1796 ⓘ third edition 1798 ⓘ
hasPart	discussion of education ⓘ discussion of government ⓘ discussion of morality ⓘ discussion of property ⓘ
historicalContext	French Revolution era ⓘ
influenced	19th-century anarchism ⓘ British radicalism ⓘ Mary Shelley ⓘ Percy Bysshe Shelley ⓘ
influencedBy	Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ rationalism ⓘ utilitarianism ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainTopic	anarchism ⓘ critique of political institutions ⓘ political justice ⓘ social reform ⓘ
notableIdea	duty to maximize general good ⓘ justice as impartial benevolence ⓘ political institutions corrupt morality ⓘ
opposes	revolutionary violence ⓘ
philosophicalPosition	rational anarchism ⓘ
philosophicalSchool	Enlightenment liberalism ⓘ classical anarchism ⓘ
placeOfPublication	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
positionOnGovernment	government should wither away ⓘ
positionOnHumanNature	humans are perfectible through reason ⓘ
positionOnProperty	critical of private property ⓘ
publicationYear	1793 ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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William Godwin → notableWork → An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice ⓘ

Wollstonecraft–Shelley circle → notableWorkProducedWithinCircle → An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice ⓘ

Things as They Are; or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams → relatedWorkByAuthor → An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice ⓘ

Lives of the Necromancers → relatedWork → An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice ⓘ

this entity surface form: Enquiry Concerning Political Justice