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Reclaiming the Rights of the Hobbesian Subject /

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'There are no substantive rights for subjects in Hobbes's political theory, only bare freedoms without correlated duties to protect them'. Curran challenges this orthodoxy of Hobbes scholarship, and argues that Hobbes's theory is not a theory of natural rights but rather, a moder...

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Main Author: Curran, Eleanor (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Subjects:
Philosophy.
Medieval Philosophy.
Political Philosophy.
Social Philosophy.
Philosophy, Medieval.
Political science > Philosophy.
Social sciences > Philosophy.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:'There are no substantive rights for subjects in Hobbes's political theory, only bare freedoms without correlated duties to protect them'. Curran challenges this orthodoxy of Hobbes scholarship, and argues that Hobbes's theory is not a theory of natural rights but rather, a modern, secular theory of rights, with relevance to modern rights theory.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XIII, 205 pages)
ISBN:9780230592742
DOI:10.1057/9780230592742