Reclaiming the Rights of the Hobbesian Subject (Hardcover)

'There are no substantive rights for subjects in Hobbes's political theory, only bare freedoms without correlated duties to protect them'. This orthodoxy of Hobbes scholarship and its Hohfeldian assumptions are challenged by Curran who develops an argument that Hobbes provides claim rights for subjects against each other and (indirect) protection of the right to self-preservation by sovereign duties. The underlying theory, she argues, is not a theory of natural rights but rather, a modern, secular theory of rights, with something to offer current discussions in rights theory.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 2007
First published:	2007
Authors:	Eleanor Curran
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	205
ISBN-13:	978-0-230-00149-7
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Western philosophy, c 500 to c 1600 > General Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Western philosophy, c 500 to c 1600 > General
LSN:	0-230-00149-1
Barcode:	9780230001497

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