Hobbes and the social contract tradition
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Hobbes and the social contract tradition
（Cambridge paperback library）
Cambridge University Press, 1988, c1986
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Hobbes & the social contract tradition
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"First paperback edition, 1988"--T.p. verso
Bibliography: p. 285-291
Includes index
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Description
This major study of Hobbes' political philosophy draws on recent developments in game and decision theory to explore whether the thrust of the argument in Leviathan, that it is in the interests of the people to create a ruler with absolute power, can be shown to be cogent. Professor Hampton has written a book of vital importance to political philosophers, political and social scientists, and intellectual historians.
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- A note on texts and references
- Introduction
- 1. 'Of Man': the foundation of Hobbe'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 of absolute sovereignty
- 5. Authorizing the sovereign
- 6. Hobbe's social contract
- 7. The failure of Hobbe's social contract argument
- 8. Can Hobbe's argument be salvaged?
- 9. How the traditional social contract argument works
- Bibliography
- Index.
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