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Ideas for F.H. Bradley, Jean-Paul Sartre and Paul Bernays

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24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 1. Purpose of a State

20491	States have a monopoly of legitimate violence [Sartre, by Wolff,J]
	Full Idea: Max Weber observed that states possess a monopoly of legitimate violence.
	From: report of Jean-Paul Sartre (Sketch for a Theory of the Emotions [1939]) by Jonathan Wolff - An Introduction to Political Philosophy (Rev) 2 'State'
	A reaction: This sounds rather hair-raising, and often is, but it sounds quite good if we describe it as a denial of legitimate violence to individual citizens. Hobbes would like it, since individual violence breaches some sort of natural contract. Guns in USA.