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Hobbesian Moral and Political Theory / Gregory S. Kavka.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in Moral, Political, and Legal Philosophy ; 6Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©1987Description: 1 online resource (479 p.)Content type:
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  • 9780691222967
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.5/12/0924 19
LOC classification:
  • JC153.H66
  • JC153.H66
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER ONE. METHOD—HOBBES'S AND OURS -- PART I. DESCRIPTIVE THEORY -- CHAPTER TWO. HUMAN NATURE -- CHAPTER THREE. CONFLICT IN THE STATE OF NATURE -- CHAPTER FOUR. COOPERATION IN THE STATE OF NATURE -- CHAPTER FIVE. FOUNDING THE STATE -- CHAPTER SIX. POWER AND ORDER IN THE STATE -- PART II. NORMATIVE THEORY -- CHAPTER SEVEN. MORAL CONCEPTS -- CHAPTER EIGHT. THE RIGHT OF SELF-PRESERVATION -- CHAPTER NINE. RULE EGOISM -- CHAPTER TEN. POLITICAL OBLIGATION -- CHAPTER ELEVEN. THE LIMITS OF OBLIGATION -- CHAPTER TWELVE. LESSONS AND LIMITS OF LEVIATHAN -- INDEX
Summary: In recent years serious attempts have been made to systematize and develop the moral and political themes of great philosophers of the past. Kant, Locke, Marx, and the classical utilitarians all have their current defenders and arc taken seriously as expositors of sound moral and political views. It is the aim of this book to introduce Hobbes into this select group by presenting a plausible moral and political theory inspired by Leviathan. Using the techniques of analytic philosophy and elementary game theory, the author develops a Hobbesian argument that justifies the liberal State and reconciles the rights and interests of rational individuals with their obligations.Hobbes's case against anarchy, based on his notorious claim that life outside the political State would be a "war of all against all," is analyzed in detail, while his endorsement of the absolutist State is traced to certain false hypotheses about political sociology. With these eliminated, Hobbes's principles support a liberal redistributive (or "satisfactory") State and a limited right of revolution. Turning to normative issues, the book explains Hobbes's account of morality based on enlightened self-interest and shows how the Hobbesian version of social contract theory justifies the political obligations of citizens of satisfactory States.
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER ONE. METHOD—HOBBES'S AND OURS -- PART I. DESCRIPTIVE THEORY -- CHAPTER TWO. HUMAN NATURE -- CHAPTER THREE. CONFLICT IN THE STATE OF NATURE -- CHAPTER FOUR. COOPERATION IN THE STATE OF NATURE -- CHAPTER FIVE. FOUNDING THE STATE -- CHAPTER SIX. POWER AND ORDER IN THE STATE -- PART II. NORMATIVE THEORY -- CHAPTER SEVEN. MORAL CONCEPTS -- CHAPTER EIGHT. THE RIGHT OF SELF-PRESERVATION -- CHAPTER NINE. RULE EGOISM -- CHAPTER TEN. POLITICAL OBLIGATION -- CHAPTER ELEVEN. THE LIMITS OF OBLIGATION -- CHAPTER TWELVE. LESSONS AND LIMITS OF LEVIATHAN -- INDEX

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In recent years serious attempts have been made to systematize and develop the moral and political themes of great philosophers of the past. Kant, Locke, Marx, and the classical utilitarians all have their current defenders and arc taken seriously as expositors of sound moral and political views. It is the aim of this book to introduce Hobbes into this select group by presenting a plausible moral and political theory inspired by Leviathan. Using the techniques of analytic philosophy and elementary game theory, the author develops a Hobbesian argument that justifies the liberal State and reconciles the rights and interests of rational individuals with their obligations.Hobbes's case against anarchy, based on his notorious claim that life outside the political State would be a "war of all against all," is analyzed in detail, while his endorsement of the absolutist State is traced to certain false hypotheses about political sociology. With these eliminated, Hobbes's principles support a liberal redistributive (or "satisfactory") State and a limited right of revolution. Turning to normative issues, the book explains Hobbes's account of morality based on enlightened self-interest and shows how the Hobbesian version of social contract theory justifies the political obligations of citizens of satisfactory States.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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