Thomas Hobbes and the Debate over Natural Law and Religion
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Anglican Thinkers
atheism debate
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Civil Society
Civil Sovereign
corporeal mechanics
De Cive
Divine Natural Law
Divine Positive Law
early modern philosophy
Ecclesiastical Dominion
Ecclesiastical Polity
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God's Infinite Nature
Grotius
Hobbes's Position
Hobbes's Treatment
Hobbesian natural law theory
Hobbism
Hugo Grotius
moral philosophy
Natural Law
Natural Law Argument
Natural Law Obligation
Natural Law Tradition
Nature's Law
Paternal Dominion
philosophy of religion
political philosophy
political theology
Quentin skinner
School Divinity
seventeenth-century thinkers
Stephen State
Steven State
Taylor Thesis
Theistic Natural Law
Theistic Natural Law Theorist
Thomas Hobbes
Thomistic Natural Law
Valid Covenants
Product details
- ISBN 9781138990326
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 20 May 2016
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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The argument laid out in this book discusses and interprets the work of Hobbes in relation to religion. It compares a traditional interpretation of Hobbes where Hobbes’ use of conventional terminology when talking about natural law is seen as ironic or merely convenient despite an atheist viewpoint, with the view that Hobbes’ morality is truly traditional and Christian.
The book considers other thinkers of the age in tandem with Hobbes and discusses in detail his theology inspired by corporeal mechanics. The position is that there are significant senses in which Hobbes can be said to be a traditional natural law theorist.
