Contract theory in historical context : essays on Grotius, Hobbes, and Locke / / by Deborah Baumgold.

These essays contest the truism that the social contract is a modern political idea. Just as Rawls came to acknowledge that his political theory built in the parochial horizon of his time, Hobbes’s, Grotius’s, and Locke’s theories presuppose their ancien regime world. Despite their universalizing la...

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Superior document:Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 187
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Year of Publication:2010
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 187.
Physical Description:1 online resource (208 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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