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Social Contract from Hobbes to Rawls by Paul Kelly and David Boucher (1994, Uk-B Format Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherTaylor & Francis Group

ISBN-100415108462

ISBN-139780415108461

eBay Product ID (ePID)1066527

Product Key Features

Number of Pages288 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameSocial Contract from Hobbes to Rawls

Publication Year1994

SubjectHistory & Theory, General

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaPolitical Science

AuthorPaul Kelly, David Boucher

FormatUk-B Format Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight16.9 Oz

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN94-004918

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition20

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal320.1/1

Table Of ContentList of contributors, Preface, 1. The social contract and its critics: an overview, 2. Hobbes's contractarianism: a comparative analysis, 3. John Locke: social contract versus political anthropology, 4. Locke's contract in context, 5. History, reason and experience: Hume's arguments against contract theories, 6. Rousseau, social contract and the modern Leviathan, 7. Kant on the social contract, 8. Hegel's critique of the theory of social contract, 9. Marx against the social contract, 10. Contractarianism and international political theory, 11. Women, gender and contract: feminist interpretations, 12. Gauthier's contractarian morality, 13. Justifying 'justice': rianism, communitarianism and the foundations of contemporary liberalism, 14. Economic justice: contractarianism and Rawls's difference principle, Index

SynopsisLeading scholars from Britain and America survey the history of contractarian thought and the major debates in political theory which surround the notion of social contract. A comprehensive introduction within a broad theoretical framework., First published in 2004. WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE SOCIAL CONTRACT IN MODERN POLITICAL THOUGHT? The concept of a 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 origins of the state, and to provide foundations for moral values and the creation 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 thinkers including Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Hegel and Marx, and includes the more contemporary ideas of John Rawls and David Gauthier. It also incorporates discussions of international relations theory and feminist responses to contractarianism. Together, the essays provide a comprehensive introduction to theories and critiques of the social contract within a broad political theoretical framework.

LC Classification NumberJC336.S523 1994