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Imagined communities: Reflections on the origin and spread of nationalism
- C. W. Morris
- Sociology
- 1 September 1995
An Essay on the Modern State
- D. Schmidtz, C. W. Morris
- Law
- 1 September 2000
Preface 1. Introduction 2. The modern state 3. Social order in anarchy 4. Legitimacy 5. Reasons 6. Justice 7. Sovereignty 8. Boundaries 9. The functions of governments 10. States: pretenses, powers,…
Punishment and Loss of Moral Standing
- C. W. Morris
- LawCanadian Journal of Philosophy
- 1 February 1991
When any man, even in political society, renders himself by his crimes obnoxious to the public, he is punished by the laws in his goods and person; that is, the ordinary rules of justice are, with…
The social contract theorists : critical essays on Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau
- C. W. Morris
- Philosophy, Biology
- 1999
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The Very Idea of Popular Sovereignty: “We the People” Reconsidered*
- C. W. Morris
- PhilosophySocial Philosophy and Policy
- 1 December 2000
The sovereignty of the people, it is widely said, is the foundation of modern democracy. The truth of this claim depends on the plausibility of attributing sovereignty to “the people” in the first…
Justice: Interdisciplinary Perspectives . Edited by Klaus R. Scherer. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992. Pp. xii, 302. $69.95 cloth.)
- C. W. Morris
- History
- 1 February 1994
What Do Expressions of Preference Express
- R. Brandom, C. W. Morris, Arthur Ripstein
- Education
- 16 July 2001
STATE COERCION AND FORCE*
- C. W. Morris
- Law, Political ScienceSocial Philosophy and Policy
- 14 December 2011
Abstract State power is widely thought to be coercive. The view that governments must wield force or that their power is necessarily coercive is widespread in contemporary political thought. John…
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