Thomas Hobbes: Skepticism, Individuality and Chastened PoliticsSAGE Publications, 16. feb. 1993 - 184 sider In his unconventional reading of the political philosophy of Thomas Hobbes, Flathman (political science, Johns Hopkins U.) suggests a liberal reading of Hobbes that is skeptical of ethical and metaphysical arguments that claim to know God or God's moral requirements. This leads to a view that the preferred political order is one in which disagreement and disturbance are to be privileged over an imposed homogeneity or uniformity. The foregoing suggests that we cannot do well without government, but we should chasten our expectations for government to provide the conditions necessary for the pursuit of our individual happiness. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR. |
Innhold
Of Making and Unmaking | 1 |
Of God Matter and Mind | 10 |
Of Language Reason and Science | 27 |
Opphavsrett | |
3 andre deler vises ikke
Andre utgaver - Vis alle
Thomas Hobbes: Skepticism, Individuality, and Chastened Politics Richard E. Flathman Begrenset visning - 2002 |
Thomas Hobbes: Skepticism, Individuality and Chastened Politics Richard E. Flathman Utdragsvisning - 1993 |
Thomas Hobbes: Skepticism, Individuality, and Chastened Politics Richard E. Flathman Ingen forhåndsvisning tilgjengelig - 2002 |
Vanlige uttrykk og setninger
actions activities argues Aristotle aspects Augustinian authority and power Behemoth beliefs bodies C. B. Macpherson called chapter character Christian civil philosophy claim commonwealth conception concerning condition conduct consent Corpore counsel covenant democracy deontic desires discussion disobedience distinction doctrine effect Elements epistemology equality fear felicity Flathman further Gondibert hath hence Hobbes's argument Hobbes's thinking Hobbes's view Hobbesian humankind ibid imagination insists invented language laws and commands laws of nature Leviathan liberal liberty lives matter means Michael Oakeshott mind moral and political motions mutual names natural law natural right necessary obedience obey objection obligation passage passions peace person political society possibility primarily propositions prudence prudence/morality punishment question reason religious resist respect right of nature rule sense skepticism Sovereign speech stipulations subjects teaching temperate theorist things thinkers thinking and acting Thomas Hobbes thought Thucydides tion truth understand University Press vain-glorious virtues voluntarist words