David Gauthier

Hobbes and Political Contractarianism

Selected Writings
Herausgeber: Dimock, Susan; Morris, Christopher W; Finkelstein, Claire

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Produktbeschreibung

This book presents a selection of David Gauthier's writings on Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) and the theory of political contractarianism. The essays cover topics including Hobbes on law, social contract theory, and public reason.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Mai 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9780192843005
• ISBN-10: 0192843001
• Artikelnr.: 64082354

Autorenporträt

David Gauthier is Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus at the University of Pittsburgh. He previously held postions at the University of Toronto, and has held visiting appointments at UCLA, UC Berkeley, Princeton, UC Irvine, and the University of East Anglia. He is the author of Practical Reasoning: The Structure and Foundations of Prudential and Moral Arguments and their Exemplification in Discourse (OUP, 1963), The Logic of Leviathan: The Moral and Political Theory of Thomas Hobbes (OUP 1969), Morals by Agreement (OUP, 1986), Moral Dealing: Contract, Ethics, and Reason (Cornell, 1990), and Rousseau: The Sentiment of Existence (Cambridge, 2006).

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction
* Part I. Hobbes
* 1: Hobbes s Social Contract (1990, longer version)
* 2: Taming Leviathan (1987)
* 3: Hobbes on Demonstration and Construction (1997)
* 4: Thomas Hobbes and the Contractarian Theory of Law (1990)
* 5: Hobbes: The Laws of Nature (2001)
* 6: Hobbes on Sovereign Authority: How the Right of Nature Becomes
Sovereign Right (2018)
* 7: The True and Only Moral Philosophy: A Close Reading of Thomas
Hobbes, Leviathan, Chapters 13 15 (unpublished)
* 8: Authors and Actors (unpublished)
* Appendix: De Cive v. leviathan
* Part II. The Social Contract
* 9: Political Contractarianism (1997, longer version)
* 10: Public Reason (1994)
* 11: The Best of Times (Universality, Individuality, and Democracy)
(1999)
* 12: A Society of Individuals (2016)
* Additional Writings on Related Topics