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Thomas Hobbes and the Natural Law (Paperback)
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Has Hobbesian moral and political theory been fundamentally
misinterpreted by most of his readers? Since the criticism of John
Bramhall, Hobbes has generally been regarded as advancing a moral
and political theory that is antithetical to classical natural law
theory. Kody W. Cooper challenges this traditional interpretation
of Hobbes in Thomas Hobbes and the Natural Law. Hobbes affirms two
essential theses of classical natural law theory: the capacity of
practical reason to grasp intelligible goods or reasons for action
and the legally binding character of the practical requirements
essential to the pursuit of human flourishing. Hobbes's novel
contribution lies principally in his formulation of a thin theory
of the good. This book seeks to prove that Hobbes has more in
common with the Aristotelian-Thomistic tradition of natural law
philosophy than has been recognized. According to Cooper, Hobbes
affirms a realistic philosophy as well as biblical revelation as
the ground of his philosophical-theological anthropology and his
moral and civil science. In addition, Cooper contends that Hobbes's
thought, although transformative in important ways, also has
important structural continuities with the Aristotelian-Thomistic
tradition of practical reason, theology, social ontology, and law.
What emerges from this study is a nuanced assessment of Hobbes's
place in the natural law tradition as a formulator of natural law
liberalism. This book will appeal to political theorists and
philosophers and be of particular interest to Hobbes scholars and
natural law theorists.
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