Cicero : political philosophy /

This title offers an innovative account of Cicero's treatment of key political ideas: liberty and equality, government, law, cosmopolitanism and imperialism, republican virtues, and ethical decision-making in politics.

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Political philosophy
Introduction: Contexts --
Cicero in the Western tradition --
A brief life --
Rehabilitation --
Writing political philosophy --
Prospect -- Notes --
Liberty, Equality, and Popular Sovereignty --
Libertas in Roman political discourse --
Senate and people --
Liberty and equality --
Equality and liberty in On the commonwealth --
Popular sovereignty -- Notes --
Government --
On the commonwealth
The consensus of justice --
Kingship, aristocracy, popular rule: their drawbacks --
Consilium and political stability --
History and theory --
Crisis and leadership --
On laws --
Conclusion -- Notes --
Cosmopolitanism, Imperialism, and the Idea of Law --
Cosmopolitanism --
Cicero's conception of law --
The law code --
Laws 'for all good and stable nations' --
Justice and imperialism --
Republican Virtues --
Civic virtue --
Roman virtues --
Justice --
Magnitudo animi --
Verecundia
The republican citizen -- Notes --
Republican Decision-making --
Citizen decision --
Principles, rules, and the casuistry of exceptions --
Civil war --
Tyranny --
Friendship --
Tyrannicide -- Notes --
Epilogue: Philosophical Debate and Normative Theory --
Introduction --
Silencing debate --
Full-throttled debate --
Final thoughts -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index of Passages -- General Index
1. Verfasser:
Schofield, Malcolm
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021.
Ausgabe:
First edition.
Zusammenfassung:
This title offers an innovative account of Cicero's treatment of key political ideas: liberty and equality, government, law, cosmopolitanism and imperialism, republican virtues, and ethical decision-making in politics.
Umfang:
1 online resource (xiv, 285 pages)
Anmerkungen:
This edition also issued in print: 2021.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-190446-5
0-19-150793-8
0-19-263791-6
Schlagworte:
Cicero, Marcus Tullius > Political and social views.
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