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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781050403321

Autore

Zagorin Perez

Titolo

Hobbes and the law of nature [[electronic resource] /] / Perez Zagorin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, : Princeton University Press, 2009

ISBN

1-282-45863-9

9786612458637

1-4008-3202-0

Edizione

[Course Book]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (191 p.)

Disciplina

171/.2

Soggetti

Natural law

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1. Some Basic Hobbesian Concepts -- Chapter 2. Enter the Law of Nature -- Chapter 3. The Sovereign and the Law of Nature -- Chapter 4. Hobbes, the Moral Philosopher -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

This is the first major work in English to explore at length the meaning, context, aims, and vital importance of Thomas Hobbes's concepts of the law of nature and the right of nature. Hobbes remains one of the most challenging and controversial of early modern philosophers, and debates persist about the interpretation of many of his ideas, particularly his views about natural law and natural right. In this book, Perez Zagorin argues that these two concepts are the twin foundations of the entire structure of Hobbes's moral and political thought. Zagorin clears up numerous misconceptions about Hobbes and his relation to earlier natural law thinkers, in particular Hugo Grotius, and he reasserts the often overlooked role of the Hobbesian law of nature as a moral standard from which even sovereign power is not immune. Because Hobbes is commonly thought to be primarily a theorist of sovereignty, political absolutism, and unitary state power, the significance of his moral philosophy is often underestimated and widely assumed to depend entirely on individual self-interest. Zagorin reveals Hobbes's originality as a moral philosopher and his importance as a thinker who subverted and transformed the idea of natural law. Hobbes and the Law



of Nature is a major contribution to our understanding of Hobbes's moral, legal, and political philosophy, and a book rich in interpretive and critical insights into Hobbes's writing and thought.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910728696603321

Titolo

Revista brasileira de segurança pública

Pubbl/distr/stampa

São Paulo, SP, : Fórum Brasileiro de Segurança Pública

ISSN

2595-0258

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Soggetti

Public safety - Brazil

Crime prevention - Brazil

Police - Brazil

Lingua di pubblicazione

Portoghese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico