The social contract theorists : critical essays on Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau / edited by Christopher W. Morris. - xiv, 244 pages ; 24 cm. - Critical essays on the classics . - Critical essays on the classics. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-242).

Hobbes's war of all against all / Gregory S. Kavka -- Hobbes's "Mortall God": is there a fallacy in Hobbes's theory of sovereignty? / M.M. Goldsmith -- The failure of Hobbes's social contract argument / Jean Hampton -- Hobbes's social contract / David Gauthier -- Why ought one obey God? Reflections on Hobbes and Locke / David Gauthier -- Locke's state of nature / A. John Simmons -- Political consent / A. John Simmons -- Structure, choice, and legitimacy: Locke's theory of the state / Joshua Cohen -- A possible explanation of Rousseau's general will / Patrick Riley -- Reflections on Rousseau: autonomy and democracy / Joshua Cohen -- Rousseau, the problem of sovereignty and the limits of political obligation / John Charvet -- The general will / Arthur Ripstein.

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Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679 --Contributions in political science.
Locke, John, 1632-1704 --Contributions in political science.
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778 --Contributions in political science.


Social contract

JC336. / S526 1999

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