Thomas Hobbes and the natural law /

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Has Hobbesian moral and political theory been fundamentally misinterpreted by most of his readers? Since the criticism of John Bramhall, Hobbes has generally been regarded as advancing a moral and political theory that is antithetical to classical natural law theory. Kody Cooper challenges this trad...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cooper, Kody W. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Hobbes, Thomas, > 1588-1679.
Natural law.
Common good.
Ethics
Droit naturel.
Bien commun.
86.04 philosophy of law.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • The foundations of Hobbes's natural law philosophy
  • Hobbesian moral and civil science : rereading the doctrine of severability
  • Hobbes and the good of life
  • The legal character of the laws of nature
  • The essence of Leviathan : the person of the commonwealth and the common good
  • Hobbes's natural law account of civil law
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Index.

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