Hobbes and the Social Contract Tradition by Jean E. Hampton

Hobbes and the Social Contract Tradition

Jean E. Hampton

318 pages first pub 1986 (editions)

philosophy informative reflective medium-paced

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This major study of Hobbes's 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,...

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