Hobbesian Moral and Political Theory / / Gregory S. Kavka.

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...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2022]
©1987
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:Studies in Moral, Political, and Legal Philosophy ; 6
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Physical Description:1 online resource (479 p.)
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Table of 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