Hobbes and the Social Contract Tradition
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Published:26th Aug '88
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A major study of Hobbes' political philosophy drawing on developments in game and decision theory.
This major study of Hobbes' political philosophy draws on recent developments in game and decision theory. It explores whether the argument in Leviathan, that it is in the interests of the people to create a ruler with absolute power, is congent.This major study of Hobbes' political philosophy draws on recent developments in game and decision theory to explore whether the thrust of the argument in Leviathan, that it is in the interests of the people to create a ruler with absolute power, can be shown to be cogent. Professor Hampton has written a book of vital importance to political philosophers, political and social scientists, and intellectual historians.
'Hampton's ingenious argument … is the best that has yet been advanced to explain how Hobbesian persons could institute a sovereign.' David Gauthier, Philosophy and Public Affairs
ISBN: 9780521368278
Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
Weight: 441g
316 pages