Thomas Hobbes And The Science Of Moral Virtue
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Thomas Hobbes And The Science Of Moral Virtue
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Author : David Boonin-Vail
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1994-09-30
Thomas Hobbes And The Science Of Moral Virtue written by David Boonin-Vail and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-09-30 with Philosophy categories.
In Leviathan Thomas Hobbes defines moral philosophy as 'the science of Virtue and Vice', yet few modern readers take this description seriously. Moreover, it is typically assumed that Hobbes' ethical views are unrelated to his views of science. Influential modern interpreters have portrayed Hobbes as either an amoralist, or a moral contractarian, or a rule egoist, or a divine command theorist. David Boonin-Vail challenges all these assumptions and presents a new, and very unorthodox, interpretation of Hobbes's ethics. He shows that Hobbes is best understood as embracing a theory of virtue concerned with the development of good character traits rather than with rules of behaviour. In focusing in a quite new way on Hobbes's moral theory this book is likely to attract considerable attention amongst both philosophers and intellectual historians.
Virtues And Rights
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Author : R. E. Ewin
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-03-20
Virtues And Rights written by R. E. Ewin and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-20 with Philosophy categories.
This book is a timely interpretation of the moral and political philosophy of Thomas Hobbes. Staying close to Hobbes's text and working from a careful examination of the actual substance of the account of natural law, R. E. Ewin argues that Hobbes well understood the importance of moral behavior to civilized society. This interpretation stands as a much-needed corrective to readings of Hobbes that emphasize the rationally calculated, self-interested nature of human behavior. It poses a significant challenge to currently fashionable game theoretic reconstructions of Hobbesian logic. It is generally agreed that Hobbes applied what he took to be a geometrical method to political theory. But, as Ewin forcefully argues, modem readers have misconstrued Hobbes's geometric method, and this has led to a series of misunderstandings of Hobbes's view of the relationship between politics and morality. Important implications of Ewin's reading are that Hobbes never thought that "the war of each against all" was an empirical possibility for citizens; that his political theory actually presupposes moral agency; and that Hobbes's account of natural law forces us to the conclusion that Hobbes was a virtue theorist. This major contribution to Hobbes studies will be praised and criticized, welcomed and challenged, but it cannot be ignored. All philosophers, political theorists, and historians of ideas dealing with Hobbes will need to take account of it.
Thomas Hobbes
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Author : Gary B. Herbert
language : en
Publisher: UBC Press
Release Date : 2011-11-01
Thomas Hobbes written by Gary B. Herbert and has been published by UBC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-01 with Political Science categories.
There can be no doubt that Thomas Hobbes intended to create a complete philosophical system. In recent years, piecemeal analysis has ignored that intention and reduced his philosophy to an unsystematic jumble of irreconcilable parts. It is generally believed that Hobbes's mechanistic physics is at odds with his notorious egoistic psychology, and that the latter cannot support his prescriptive moral theory. In this book Gary B. Herbert sets forth an entirely new interpretation of Hobbes's philosophy that takes seriously Hobbes's original systematic intention.
Morality In The Philosophy Of Thomas Hobbes
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Author : S. A. Lloyd
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2009-07-20
Morality In The Philosophy Of Thomas Hobbes written by S. A. Lloyd and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-07-20 with History categories.
In this book, S. A. Lloyd offers a radically new interpretation of Hobbes's laws of nature, revealing them to be not egoistic precepts of personal prudence but rather moral instructions for obtaining the common good. This account of Hobbes's moral philosophy stands in contrast to both divine command and rational choice interpretations. Drawing from the core notion of reciprocity, Lloyd explains Hobbes's system of "cases in the law of nature" and situates Hobbes's moral philosophy in the broader context of his political philosophy and views on religion. Offering ingenious new arguments, Lloyd defends a reciprocity interpretation of the laws of nature through which humanity's common good is secured.
The Political Philosophy Of Hobbes
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Author : Leo Strauss
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2014-12-10
The Political Philosophy Of Hobbes written by Leo Strauss and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-10 with Philosophy categories.
In this classic analysis, Leo Strauss pinpoints what is original and innovative in the political philosophy of Thomas Hobbes. He argues that Hobbes's ideas arose not from tradition or science but from his own deep knowledge and experience of human nature. Tracing the development of Hobbes's moral doctrine from his early writings to his major work The Leviathan, Strauss explains contradictions in the body of Hobbes's work and discovers startling connections between Hobbes and the thought of Plato, Thucydides, Aristotle, Descartes, Spinoza, and Hegel.
Thomas Hobbes And The Natural Law
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Author : Kody W. Cooper
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2022-02-15
Thomas Hobbes And The Natural Law written by Kody W. Cooper and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-02-15 with Law categories.
Thomas Hobbes and the Natural Law provides a nuanced assessment of Thomas Hobbes's place in the natural law tradition as a formulator of natural law liberalism.
The Logic Of Leviathan
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Author : David P. Gauthier
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1969
The Logic Of Leviathan written by David P. Gauthier and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with Philosophy categories.
Oxford Scholarly Classics brings together a number of great academic works from the archives of Oxford University Press. Reissued in a uniform series design, they will enable libraries, scholars, and students to gain fresh access to some of the finest scholarship of the last century.
Hobbes
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Author : D D Raphael
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-06-03
Hobbes written by D D Raphael and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-03 with Philosophy categories.
First published in 1977 this book is both expository and critical and concentres on Hobbes' ethical and political theory, but also considering the effect on these of his metaphysics. Updated, with a new preface especially for this re-issue, which brings together recent scholarship on Hobbes, a particular useful feature of the book is the new, critical bibliography.
Thomas Hobbes And The Politics Of Natural Philosophy
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Author : Stephen J. Finn
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2004-06-04
Thomas Hobbes And The Politics Of Natural Philosophy written by Stephen J. Finn and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-06-04 with Philosophy categories.
In 1625, Charles I inherited not only his father's crown, but also his desire to run the country without interference from Parliament. But many members of Parliament opposed the King on issues of taxation, religion and the royal prerogative. It was in this historical context that Hobbes presented a political philosophy that, at least in his opinion, achieved the status of a science, in a nation that was 'boiling hot with questions concerning the rights of dominion and the obedience due from subjects'. In this important new book, Stephen J. Finn argues that, contrary to the traditional interpretation, Hobbes's political views influence his theoretical and natural philosophy and not the other way about. Such an interpretation, it is argued, provides a better appreciation of Hobbes's writings, both philosophical and political.
Thomas Hobbes And Political Theory
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Author : Mary G. Dietz
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
Thomas Hobbes And Political Theory written by Mary G. Dietz and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Philosophy categories.
The eight essays in this volume celebrated the 400th birthday of the English political thinker - Thomas Hobbes.