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Hobbes and the social contract tradition / Jean Hampton.
Publication details: New York : Cambridge University Press, 1988, c1986.Edition: 1st paperback edDescription: xii, 299 p. ; 23 cmISBN:- 0521368278
- 9780521368278 (pbk.)
- 320.1 HAM
Contents:
Introduction:
1. "Of Man": the foundation of Hobbes's political argument;
2. What is the cause of conflict in the state of nature?
3. The shortsightedness account of conflict and the laws of nature;
4. The argument for absolute sovereignty;
5. Authorising the sovereign;
6. Hobbes's social contract;
7. The failure of Hobbes's social contract argument;
8. Can Hobbes's argument be salvaged?
9. How the traditional social contract argument works.
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Bibliography: p. 285-291.
Introduction:
1. "Of Man": the foundation of Hobbes's political argument;
2. What is the cause of conflict in the state of nature?
3. The shortsightedness account of conflict and the laws of nature;
4. The argument for absolute sovereignty;
5. Authorising the sovereign;
6. Hobbes's social contract;
7. The failure of Hobbes's social contract argument;
8. Can Hobbes's argument be salvaged?
9. How the traditional social contract argument works.