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Morality in the Philosophy of Thomas Hobbes: Cases in the Law of Nature

Morality in the Philosophy of Thomas Hobbes: Cases in the Law of Nature

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Philosophy

ISBN10: 0521861675
ISBN13: 9780521861670
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Jul 20 2009
Pages: 436
Weight: 1.75
Height: 1.30 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
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.

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