A01=R. E. Ewin
Author_R. E. Ewin
Category=QD
Civil Philosophy
Civil Society
Communal Beings
Earthly Good
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Fence Paling
Foro Interno
Games Theoretic Interpretations
Hobbes's Account
Hobbes's Argument
Hobbes's Claims
Hobbes's Laws
Hobbes's Method
Hobbes's Problem
Hobbes's Remark
Hobbes's Theory
Hobbesian Natural Condition
Hobbesian natural law interpretation
Hobbesian Sovereign
Man Kind
Man's Natural Condition
moral agency
moral philosophy
Morall Philosophie
Morall Vertues
natural law theory
natural rights
philosophical methodology
political obligation
Private Conscience
Private Judgment
rational choice criticism
Reductio Argument
Thomas Hobbes
virtue ethics
virtues theory
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9780367213053
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 05 Mar 2019
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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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.
Ewin, R. E.
