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.
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