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Hobbesian Applied Ethics and Public Policy (Paperback)
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Hobbesian Applied Ethics and Public Policy (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Research in Applied Ethics
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Most philosophers and political scientists readily admit that
Thomas Hobbes is a significant figure in the history of political
thought. His theory was, arguably, one of the first to provide a
justification for political legitimacy from the perspective of each
individual subject. Many excellent books and articles have examined
the justification and structure of Hobbes' commonwealth, ethical
system, and interpretation of Christianity. What is troubling is
that the Hobbesian project has been largely missing in the applied
ethics and public policy literature. We often find applications of
Kantian deontology, Bentham's or Mill's utilitarianism, Rawls's
contractualism, the ethics of care, and various iterations of
virtue ethics. Hobbesian accounts are routinely ignored and often
derided. This is unfortunate because Hobbes's project offers a
unique perspective. To ignore it, when such a perspective would be
fruitful to apply to another set of theoretical questions, is a
problem in need of a remedy. This volume seeks to eliminate (or, at
the very least, partially fill) this gap in the literature. Not
only will this volume appeal to those that are generally familiar
with Hobbesian scholarship, it will also appeal to a variety of
readers that are largely unfamiliar with Hobbes.
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