ABSTRACT
AN ENQUIRY CONCERNING POLITICAL JUSTICE
Arguments in favour of this superintendence. - Answer. - The exertions of society in its corporate capacity are, 1. Unwise - 2. Incapable of proper effect, - Of sumptuary laws, agrarian laws and rewards. - Political degeneracy not incurable. - 3. Superfluous - In commerce - In speculative enquiry - In morality. - 4. Pernicious - As undermining intellectual capacity - As suspending intellectual improvement - Contrary / to the nature of morality - To the nature of mind. - Conclusion.
