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| Preface | |
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| Introduction: What is Political Philosophy? | |
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| Thucydides: War and the Polis | |
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| Thucydides'Work | |
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| A Brief History of the Peloponnesian War | |
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| From the State of Nature to Political Society | |
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| Fragility of Civilization | |
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| Thucydides' Realism | |
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| Realism versus Idealism in the Melian Dialogue | |
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| Politics and Ethics | |
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| Questions | |
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| Guide to Further Reading | |
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| Plato: Who Should Rule? | |
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| Platonic Dialogues | |
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| The Task of Political Philosophy | |
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| What Is Justice? | |
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| Philosophy and Dogma | |
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| The Best Political Order | |
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| A Critique of Democracy | |
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| The Government of Philosopher Rulers | |
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| Politics and the Soul | |
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| The Relevance of Plato | |
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| Questions | |
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| Guide to Further Reading | |
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| Aristotle: The Best Constitution | |
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| Aristotle's Writings | |
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| What Is Politics? | |
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| The State as Political and Moral Community | |
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| What Is Happiness? | |
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| Friendship and Concord | |
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| Formative Laws and the Moral Elite | |
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| Humar Nature and the Nature of the State | |
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| Constitutions | |
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| Justice and the Distribution of Power | |
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| The Middle Constitution | |
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| How to Prevent a Revolution? | |
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| Aristotle's Realism | |
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| Questions | |
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| Guide to Further Reading | |
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| Cicero: The Idea of the Republic | |
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| The Crisis of the Later Republic | |
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| Human Nature and Divine Origin | |
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| The Fellowship of Humans | |
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| Cosmopolitanism and Natural Law | |
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| International Morals | |
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| Moral Restraints in War | |
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| Ethics of Hegemonic Leadership | |
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| The Roman Mixed Constitution | |
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| Republican Values | |
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| Questions | |
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| Guide to Further Reading | |
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| St. Augustine: The City of God | |
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| Faith and Reason | |
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| Christian Pessimism | |
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| Two Loves and Two Cities | |
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| A Christian Commonwealth | |
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| Obedience and War | |
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| The Idolatry of Politics | |
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| The City of God and Tradition | |
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| Questions | |
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| Guide to Further Reading | |
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| Friendship and Concord | |
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| Formative Laws and the Moral Elite | |
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| Humar Nature and the Nature of the State | |
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| Constitutions | |
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| Justice and the Distribution of Power | |
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| The Middle Constitution | |
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| How to Prevent a Revolution? | |
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| Aristotle's Realism | |
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| Questions | |
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| Guide to Further Reading | |
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| Cicero: The Idea of the Republic | |
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| The Crisis of the Later Republic | |
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| Human Nature and Divine Origin | |
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| The Fellowship of Humans | |
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| Cosmopolitanism and Natural Law | |
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| International Morals | |
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| Moral Restraints in War | |
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| Ethics of Hegemonic Leadership | |
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| The Roman Mixed Constitution | |
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| Republican Values | |
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| Questions | |
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| Guide to Further Reading | |
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| St. Augustine: The City of God | |
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| Faith and Reason | |
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| Christian Pessimism | |
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| Two Loves and Two Cities | |
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| A Christian Commonwealth | |
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| Obedience and War | |
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| The Idolatry of Politics | |
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| The City of God and Tradition | |
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| Questions | |
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| Guide to Further Reading | |
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| St.Thomas Aquinas: Faith and Social Solidarity | |
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| The Golden Age of Scholasticism | |
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| Christianity and Social Theory | |
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| Private Property and Poverty | |
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| The Origin, Purpose, and Limits of Authority | |
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| Monarchy and the Mixed Constitution | |
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| Church and State | |
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| The Nature of Law | |
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| Natural Law and Open Society | |
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| Aquinas' Legacy | |
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| Questions | |
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| Guide to Further Reading | |
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| Machiavelli: How to Rule? | |
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| The New Teaching of Politics | |
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| Politics and Change | |
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| Machiavelli's Republicanism | |
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| Human Goodness and Corruption | |
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| The Rule of Princes | |
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| A Critique of the Moral Tradition | |
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| The Politics of Raison d'Etat | |
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| Machiavelli and Machiavellism | |
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| Questions | |
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| Guide to Further Reading | |
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| Grotius: International Society | |
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| The Just War Tradition | |
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| Grotius's Argument against Raison d'Etat | |
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| Jus ad Beilum and Jus in Bello | |
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| The Universality of International Society | |
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| Human Rights and Intervention | |
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| Old and New Challenges to the Grotian Order | |
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| Questions | |
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| Guide to Further Reading | |
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| Hobbes:The Beginning of Modernity | |
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| A New Political Science | |
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| The Reality of Conflict | |
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| Social Contract | |
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| Absolute Sovereignty | |
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| The Logic of Despotism | |
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| International Relations as a State of War | |
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| Hoboes' Modernity | |
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| Questions | |
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| Guide to Further Reading | |
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| Locke: Liberty And Property | |
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| The Question of Toleration | |
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| Toleration and Its Limits | |
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| Freedom and Law | |
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| The State of Nature and Natural Law | |
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| The Libera! Concept of International Relations | |
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| A Limited Government | |
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| Property and Labor | |
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| Civil Society and State Building | |
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| Liberty, Economy, Colony | |
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| Commerce and the Question of Ethics | |
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| Locke's Liberalism | |
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| Questions | |
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| Guide to Further Reading | |
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| Epilogue: The Classics and the Moderns | |
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| Appendix:The Great Debate | |
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| Works Cited | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Index | |