Thomas Hobbes and the Natural Law Tradition
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Thomas Hobbes and the Natural Law Tradition is a scholarly work by Norberto Bobbio that analyzes Hobbes’s political philosophy within the framework of natural law theory.
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| The Political Philosophy of Hobbes | 1 |
| Thomas Hobbes and the Natural Law Tradition canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: Thomas Hobbes and the Natural Law Tradition Context triple: [Norberto Bobbio, notableWork, Thomas Hobbes and the Natural Law Tradition]
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Foundations of Natural Right
Foundations of Natural Right is a seminal philosophical work by Johann Gottlieb Fichte that systematically develops a theory of law, rights, and the state grounded in his transcendental idealism.
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Jus naturae methodo scientifica pertractatum
Jus naturae methodo scientifica pertractatum is a major work of early modern philosophy in which Christian Wolff systematically develops natural law using a rigorous, quasi-mathematical method.
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Law's Empire
Law's Empire is a seminal work of legal philosophy by Ronald Dworkin that articulates his theory of law as integrity, arguing that legal interpretation should present the law in its morally best light.
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Hobbes (Blackwood’s Philosophical Classics series)
Hobbes (Blackwood’s Philosophical Classics series) is George Croom Robertson’s scholarly monograph offering a concise, critical introduction to the life, thought, and major works of the philosopher Thomas Hobbes.
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The Curious Strength of Positivism in English Political Thought
The Curious Strength of Positivism in English Political Thought is a scholarly work by historian Noel Annan that examines the influence and resilience of positivist ideas within the development of modern English political theory.
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Target entity: Thomas Hobbes and the Natural Law Tradition Target entity description: Thomas Hobbes and the Natural Law Tradition is a scholarly work by Norberto Bobbio that analyzes Hobbes’s political philosophy within the framework of natural law theory.
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A.
Foundations of Natural Right
Foundations of Natural Right is a seminal philosophical work by Johann Gottlieb Fichte that systematically develops a theory of law, rights, and the state grounded in his transcendental idealism.
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B.
Jus naturae methodo scientifica pertractatum
Jus naturae methodo scientifica pertractatum is a major work of early modern philosophy in which Christian Wolff systematically develops natural law using a rigorous, quasi-mathematical method.
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C.
Law's Empire
Law's Empire is a seminal work of legal philosophy by Ronald Dworkin that articulates his theory of law as integrity, arguing that legal interpretation should present the law in its morally best light.
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D.
Hobbes (Blackwood’s Philosophical Classics series)
Hobbes (Blackwood’s Philosophical Classics series) is George Croom Robertson’s scholarly monograph offering a concise, critical introduction to the life, thought, and major works of the philosopher Thomas Hobbes.
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E.
The Curious Strength of Positivism in English Political Thought
The Curious Strength of Positivism in English Political Thought is a scholarly work by historian Noel Annan that examines the influence and resilience of positivist ideas within the development of modern English political theory.
- F. None of above. chosen
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| instanceOf |
book
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scholarly work ⓘ |
| about |
Hobbes’s concept of sovereignty
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Hobbes’s legal philosophy ⓘ Hobbes’s moral philosophy ⓘ Hobbes’s theory of natural law ⓘ history of natural law tradition ⓘ interpretations of Hobbes as a natural law theorist ⓘ relationship between natural law and positive law in Hobbes ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
intellectual history
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legal philosophy ⓘ philosophy ⓘ political theory ⓘ |
| author | Norberto Bobbio ⓘ |
| contributionTo |
debate on whether Hobbes is a natural law or legal positivist thinker
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interpretation of modern natural law theory ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| examines |
compatibility of Hobbes’s theory with classical natural law
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continuities and breaks between Hobbes and earlier natural law thinkers ⓘ normative status of Hobbesian natural laws ⓘ relation between fear, security, and law in Hobbes ⓘ role of reason in Hobbes’s laws of nature ⓘ |
| focusesOnWorkOf |
De Cive
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De Corpore ⓘ Leviathan ⓘ |
| genre |
philosophical analysis
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political philosophy literature ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
interpretive debates in Hobbes scholarship
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scholarship on Hobbes’s legal philosophy ⓘ studies of natural law in early modern political thought ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
historical analysis of Hobbes in natural law tradition
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systematic reconstruction of Hobbes’s legal and political theory ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
historians of philosophy
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scholars of political philosophy ⓘ students of legal theory ⓘ |
| language |
English
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Italian ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Thomas Hobbes
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natural law theory ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ |
| philosophicalTraditionDiscussed |
legal positivism
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natural law ⓘ |
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