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| Preface | |
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| Should We Consent to Be Governed? | |
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| Personal Choices and Political Philosophies | |
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| What's Ahead? Four Political Outlooks | |
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| Super Patriotism | |
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| Political Cynicism | |
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| Anarchism | |
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| Critical Citizenship | |
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| Making Our Own Choice | |
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| Super Patriotism | |
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| The Case for Super Patriotism | |
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| The Parent Argument | |
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| The Benefactor Argument | |
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| The Agreement Argument | |
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| Criticizing the Agreement Argument | |
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| The Super Patriotic Attitude | |
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| Political Cynicism | |
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| Thrasymachus and Political Cynicism | |
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| The Marxist Version of Political Cynicism | |
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| The Moral Force of Cynicism | |
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| Types of Cynicism | |
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| The Lives of Cynics | |
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| Cynicism and Anarchy | |
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| Is Cynicism True? | |
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| The Lessons of Cynicism | |
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| The Case for Anarchism | |
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| The Argument from Freedom and Autonomy | |
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| The Coercive Nature of Government | |
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| In Defense of Moral Autonomy | |
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| The Argument from the Evil of Coercing Others | |
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| The Evils of Governments | |
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| Economic Inequality | |
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| Prisons and Criminal Justice | |
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| War and the State | |
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| The Anarchist View and the Anarchist Vision | |
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| The Case Against Anarchism | |
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| Hobbes and the Defense of Government | |
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| Is Hobbes Too Pessimistic? | |
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| The Benefits of the Civil State | |
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| The Legitimacy of Coercion | |
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| Is the Civil State Always Best? | |
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| What Hobbes Has Shown | |
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| Critical Citizenship | |
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| Objections to Critical Citizenship | |
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| The Ideal of Social Cooperation | |
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| Why King Took the Law Seriously | |
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| The Super Patriotic Objection | |
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| The Dangers of Advocating Disobedience | |
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| The Morality of Obedience and Disobedience to Law | |
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| A Hobbesian Objection to Critical Citizenship | |
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| The Ideal of Critical Citizenship | |
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| The Critical Citizenship Perspective | |
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| Where Do Critical Citizens Stand on Controversial Issues? | |
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| The Morality of Political Protest | |
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| Ways of Going Wrong | |
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| Taxation and Justice | |
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| Looking at Libertarianism | |
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| Who Cares?--Relating Politics to Personal Life | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |