书名: The Social Contract from Hobbes to Rawls
作者: David Boucher (Editor), Paul Kelly (Editor)
出版社: Routledge; 1 edition (December 20, 1994)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 0415108462
ISBN-13: 978-0415108461
Book Description
The concept of the social contract has been central to political thought since the seventeenth century. Contract theory has been used to justify political authority, to account for the origin of the state and to provide foundations for moral values and the construction of a just society. In The Social Contract from Hobbes to Rawls, leading scholars from Britain and America survey the history of contractarian thought and the major debates in political theory which surround the notion of the social contract.
The book examines the critical reception to the ideas of classical contractarians such as Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau, moving on to consider the impact of contemporary thinkers such as Rawls and Gauthier. It incorporates discussion of the importance of the contract in international relations theory and looks at feminist responses to contractarianism. Challenging the notion that there is a single tradition that can be traced back beyond Hobbes to classical Greece, three distinct traditions are identified alongside a series of anti-contractarian arguments which have played a role in shaping the debate to the present day. Together, the essays provide a comprehensive introduction to theories and critiques of the social contract within a broad political theoretical framework.
About the Author
Editors: David Boucher is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Wales, Swansea. His most recent book is A Radical Hegelian with Andrew Vincent. Paul Kelly is Lecturer in Politics at the University of Wales, Swansea. He is the author of Utilitarianism and Distributive Justice: Jeremy Bentham and the Civil Law.
Contributors: Dario Castiglione, John Charvet, Diana Coole, Murray Forsyth, Bruce Haddock, Jeremy Jennings, Rex Martin, Margaret Moore, Martyn P.Thompson, Jeremy Waldron, Lawrence Wilde and Howard Williams.
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作者: David Boucher (Editor), Paul Kelly (Editor)
出版社: Routledge; 1 edition (December 20, 1994)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 0415108462
ISBN-13: 978-0415108461
Book Description
The concept of the social contract has been central to political thought since the seventeenth century. Contract theory has been used to justify political authority, to account for the origin of the state and to provide foundations for moral values and the construction of a just society. In The Social Contract from Hobbes to Rawls, leading scholars from Britain and America survey the history of contractarian thought and the major debates in political theory which surround the notion of the social contract.
The book examines the critical reception to the ideas of classical contractarians such as Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau, moving on to consider the impact of contemporary thinkers such as Rawls and Gauthier. It incorporates discussion of the importance of the contract in international relations theory and looks at feminist responses to contractarianism. Challenging the notion that there is a single tradition that can be traced back beyond Hobbes to classical Greece, three distinct traditions are identified alongside a series of anti-contractarian arguments which have played a role in shaping the debate to the present day. Together, the essays provide a comprehensive introduction to theories and critiques of the social contract within a broad political theoretical framework.
About the Author
Editors: David Boucher is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Wales, Swansea. His most recent book is A Radical Hegelian with Andrew Vincent. Paul Kelly is Lecturer in Politics at the University of Wales, Swansea. He is the author of Utilitarianism and Distributive Justice: Jeremy Bentham and the Civil Law.
Contributors: Dario Castiglione, John Charvet, Diana Coole, Murray Forsyth, Bruce Haddock, Jeremy Jennings, Rex Martin, Margaret Moore, Martyn P.Thompson, Jeremy Waldron, Lawrence Wilde and Howard Williams.
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