Hobbes and the law of nature

Zagorin, Perez

Hobbes and the law of nature - Princeton Princeton University Press 2009 - xi,177p. 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Some basic Hobbesian concepts. The law of nature; Hobbes's critique of the natural law tradition; Natural rights -- Enter the law of nature. Human nature; The state of nature or man's natural condition; The precepts of the law of nature; Natural rights and the creation of the commonwealth; Consent, fear obligation, and populism -- The sovereign and the law of nature. The theory of sovereignty; The liberty of subjects; Hobbes's very moral sovereign -- Hobbes, the moral philosopher. Self and others; obligation; Is and ought; Religion and toleration.

9780691139807

2009010318

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015402527 Uk


Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679.


Natural law.

JC153.H66 / Z34 2009

171.2 / ZA-H

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