Taking Hobbes at His Word
Comments on Morality in the Philosophy of Thomas Hobbes by S.A. Lloyd
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20394513 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rosamond Rhodes (0000-0002-4621-0818, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 170-179 |
| Publication date | 2010-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Hobbes Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0921-5891 • E-ISSN: 1875-0257 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/187502510x531688 |
| OpenAlex | W1967861722 |
| Language | EN |
This paper focuses on S.A. Loyd's positive account of Hobbes's moral theory as presented in chapters 5 and 6 of her new book. My discussion challenges Lloyd's reciprocity interpretation of Hobbes's moral theory. In the paper I also take issue with Lloyd's account of the derivation of his moral theory and her account of moral obligation. I offer my own definitional reading of the derivation of the Laws of Nature and my own analysis of how Hobbes explains obligation in terms of assent
Epistemology · Linguistics · Moral obligation · Morality · Obligation · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Law · Philosophy · Seventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical Thought · Theology and Philosophy of Evil · War, Ethics, and Justification
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |