Arash Abizadeh (Montreal McGill University)

Hobbes and the Two Faces of Ethics

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Produktbeschreibung

Abizadeh uncovers the basic distinction underwriting Hobbes's ethics: between prudential reasons of the good and reasons of the right, for which we are accountable to others. Hobbes's distinction marks a watershed in the transition to modern ethics. Of interest to Hobbes scholars, historians of ethics, moral philosophers, and political theorists.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 302
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. November 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 446g
• ISBN-13: 9781108404877
• ISBN-10: 1108404871
• Artikelnr.: 62314972

Autorenporträt

Arash Abizadeh (M.Phil. Oxford, Ph.D. Harvard) is Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science and Associate Member of the Department of Philosophy at McGill University, Montréal. He has published extensively on Hobbes in journals including the Journal of the History of Philosophy, The Historical Journal, Philosophers' Imprint and Modern Intellectual History.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
Part I. The Metaethics of Reasons: 1. Naturalism
2. Mind, action, and reasoning
Part II. Reasons of the Good
3. Subjectivism, instrumentalism, and prudentialism about reasons
4. A theory of the good: felicity by anticipatory pleasure
Part III. Reasons of the Right: 5. Accountability and obligations
6. The laws of nature, morality, and justice
7. Rational agency and personhood
Conclusion: naturalism and normativity.