Enquiry Concerning Political Justice and its Influence on Morals and Happiness.…


It was Godwin, in his Enquiry concerning Political Justice (2 vols., 1793), who was the first to formulate the political and economical conceptions of anarchism, even though he did not give that name to the ideas developed in his remarkable work. Laws, he wrote, are not a product of the wisdom of our ancestors: they are the product of their passions, their timidity, their jealousies and their ambition. The remedy they offer is worse than the evils they pretend to cure. - Summary by Peter Kropotkin (14 hr 43 min)

Chapters

BOOK V. CHAP. I. INTRODUCTION
BOOK V. CHAP. II. OF EDUCATION, THE EDUCATION OF A PRINCE
BOOK V. CHAP. III. PRIVATE LIFE OF A PRINCE.
BOOK V. CHAP. IV. OF A VIRTUOUS DESPOTISM
BOOK V. CHAP. V. OF COURTS AND MINISTERS
BOOK V. CHAP. VI. OF SUBJECTS
BOOK V. CHAP. VII. OF ELECTIVE MONARCHY
BOOK V. CHAP. VIII. OF LIMITED MONARCHY
BOOK V. CHAP. IX. OF A PRESIDENT WITH REGAL POWERS
BOOK V. CHAP. X. OF HEREDITARY DISTINCTION
BOOK V. CHAP. XI. MORAL EFFECTS OF ARISTOCRACY
BOOK V. CHAP. XII. OF TITLES
BOOK V. CHAP. XIII. OF THE ARISTOCRATICAL CHARACTER
BOOK V. CHAP. XIV. GENERAL FEATURES OF DEMOCRACY
BOOK V. CHAP. XV. OF POLITICAL IMPOSTURE
BOOK V. CHAP. XVI. OF THE CAUSES OF WAR
BOOK V. CHAP. XVII. OF THE OBJECT OF WAR
BOOK V. CHAP. XVIII. OF THE CONDUCT OF WAR
BOOK V. CHAP. XIX. OF MILITARY ESTABLISHMENTS AND TREATIES
BOOK V. CHAP. XX. OF DEMOCRACY AS CONNECTED WITH THE TRANSACTIONS OF WAR
BOOK V. CHAP. XXI. OP THE COMPOSITION OF GOVERNMENT
BOOK V. CHAP. XXII. OF THE FUTURE HISTORY OF POLITICAL SOCIETIES
BOOK V. CHAP. XXIII. OF NATIONAL ASSEMBLIES
BOOK V. CHAP. XXIV. OF THE DISSOLUTION OF GOVERNMENT
BOOK VI. CHAP. I. GENERAL EFFECTS OF THE POLITICAL SUPERINTENDENCE OF OPINION
BOOK VI. CHAP. II. OF RELIGIOUS ESTABLISHMENTS
BOOK VI. CHAP. III. OF THE SUPPRESSION OF ERRONEOUS OPINION IN RELIGION AND GOV…
BOOK VI. CHAP. IV. OF TESTS
BOOK VI. CHAP. V. OF OATHS
BOOK VI. CHAP. VI. OF LIBELS
BOOK VI. CHAP. VII. OF CONSTITUTIONS
BOOK VI. CHAP. VIII. OF NATIONAL EDUCATION
BOOK VI. CHAP. IX. OF PENSIONS AND SALARIES
BOOK VI. CHAP. X. OF THE MODES OF DECIDING A QUESTION ON THE PART OF THE COMMUN…
BOOK VII. CHAP. I. LIMITATIONS OF THE DOCTRINE OF PUNISHMENT WHICH RESULT FROM …
BOOK VII. CHAP. II. GENERAL DISADVANTAGES OF PUNISHMENT
BOOK VII. CHAP. III. OF THE PURPOSES OF PUNISHMENT
BOOK VII. CHAP. IV. OF THE APPLICATION OF PUNISHMENT
BOOK VII. CHAP. V. OF PUNISHMENT CONSIDERED AS A TEMPORARY EXPEDIENT
BOOK VII. CHAP. VI. SCALE OF PUNISHMENT
BOOK VII. CHAP. VII. OF EVIDENCE
BOOK VII. CHAP. VIII. OF LAW
BOOK VII. CHAP. IX. OF PARDONS
BOOK VIII. CHAP. I. PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS
BOOK VIII. CHAP. II. PRINCIPLES OF PROPERTY
BOOK VIII. CHAP. III. BENEFITS ATTENDANT ON A SYSTEM OF EQUALITY
BOOK VIII. CHAP. IV. OBJECTION TO THIS SYSTEM FROM THE FRAILTY OF THE HUMAN MIND
BOOK VIII. CHAP. V. OBJECTION TO THIS SYSTEM FROM QUESTION OF PERMANENCE
BOOK VIII. CHAP. VI. OBJECTION TO THIS SYSTEM FROM THE ALLUREMENTS OF SLOTH
BOOK VIII. CHAP. VII. OBJECTION TO THIS SYSTEM FROM THE BENEFITS OF LUXURY
BOOK VIII. CHAP. VIII. OBJECTION TO THIS SYSTEM FROM THE INFLEXIBILITY OF ITS R…
BOOK VIII. CHAP. IX. OBJECTION TO THIS SYSTEM FROM THE PRINCIPLE OF POPULATION
BOOK VIII. CHAP.X. REFLECTIONS.