William A. Edmundson: The Social Contract

Cover: 9781009395267 | The Social Contract | William A. Edmundson | Buch | Englisch | 2025

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"We are all parties to a social contract and obligated under it. But how is such an agreement possible in a society riven by deep moral disagreement? This book explains the social-contract tradition from its beginnings in the English Revolution, through Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau to its culmination in Rawls"--

Über den Autor

William A. Edmundson is Regents' Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, at Georgia State University. He is the author of Three Anarchical Fallacies (Cambridge 1998); An Introduction to Rights (Cambridge 2nd ed. 2012); John Rawls: Reticent Socialist (Cambridge 2017); and Socialism for Soloists (Polity 2021). He has written on democracy, animal rights, distributive justice, moral responsibility, coercion, political obligation, moral relativism, capital punishment, privacy, civility, and other topics.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The debates at Putney; 2. Thomas hobbes, born with fear; 3. Hobbes, from war to leviathan; 4. Hobbes, toleration, stability, government; 5. John locke, (semi-)tolerance and no tyrants; 6. Locke, property and natural right; 7. Locke, rule of law, limited government; 8. Hume's critique; 9. Rousseau and inequality; 10. Rousseau, contract, and the general will; 11. More revolutions, chartism, and the ascent of utilitarianism; 12. John rawls, social-contract revivalist; 13. Rawls, the choice situation; 14. Rawls's (Revised) arguments; 15. The case for political equality; 16. Social-contract fragmentation; Conclusion: has contract discourse helped?; Bibliography; Index.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2025
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Importe , Philosophie
Jahrhundert:	Antike
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Thema:	Lexika
Medium:	Buch
ISBN-13:	9781009395267
ISBN-10:	1009395262
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Edmundson, William A.
Hersteller:	Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	235 x 157 x 18 mm
Von/Mit:	William A. Edmundson
Erscheinungsdatum:	28.07.2025
Gewicht:	0,521 kg