Logic of Leviathan

Name: Logic of Leviathan
Brand: Oxford University Press
SKU: 9780198246169
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The Moral and Political Theory of Thomas Hobbes

Autor: David P. Gauthier

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Oprawa: Miękka

Wydawca: Oxford University Press

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This book presents the most plausible reading of Thomas Hobbes's moral and political theory based on...

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Autor

David P. Gauthier

Język

Angielski

Oprawa

Książka - Miękka

strony

228

EAN

9780198246169

ISBN

0198246161

Enbook ID

04524014

Wydawca

Oxford University Press

Waga

294

Wymiary

212 x 138 x 18

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This book presents the most plausible reading of Thomas Hobbes's moral and political theory based on his book, Leviathan. Hobbes constructs a political theory that bases unlimited political authority on unlimited individualism. The conclusion requires the premiss; anything less than unlimited individualism would justify only limited political authority. But the premiss is too strong for the conclusions; as this book shows, from unlimited individualism only anarchy follows. The theory is a failure. But it has two outstanding merits. First of all, Hobbes introduces a number of important moral and political concepts that deserve our attention. Obligation is his basic moral concept, while authorisation is his basic political concept. Hobbes relies neither on the goodwill of men - their willingness to consider each other's interests for their own sake, and not as means to self-satisfaction - nor on the efficacy of institutions, as the means of both concentrating and limiting political power. Aside from political and moral theory, the book explores Hobbes's views on the nature of man, sovereignty, and God.

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