Politics and morals, [electronic resource] by Benedetto Croce.

"Translated from the Italian by Salvatore J. Castiglione."

Essays translated from the author's Etica e politica (Bari, Laterza, 1931) The first three appeared previously in his Elementi di politica and the fourth through the tenth were published under title: Aspetti morali della vita politica (Bari, Laterza, 1928)

ch. 1. Elements of politics: Political sense -- The state and ethics -- Political parties -- The empirical science of politics -- ch. 2. Concerning the history of the philosophy of politics: Machiavelli and Vico: politics and ethics -- Rousseau: natural law -- Hegel: the ethical state -- The state according to Haller -- Eclectic theories -- The history of the philosophy of politics -- ch. 3. Economico-political history and ethico-political history -- ch. 4. Liberalism as a concept of life -- ch. 5. Contrasting political ideals after 1870 -- ch. 6. Free enterprise and liberalism -- ch. 7. The bourgeoisie: an ill-defined historical concept -- ch. 8. The unending struggle between state and church -- ch. 9. International justice -- ch. 10. Historical pessimism.