The social contract : political equality from Putney to Rawls /

"We are all parties to a social contract and obligated under it. But how is such an agreement possible in a society riven by deep moral disagreement? This book explains the social-contract tradition from its beginnings in the English Revolution, through Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau to its culmin...

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Main Author: Edmundson, William A. (William Atkins), 1948- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2025.
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Summary:"We are all parties to a social contract and obligated under it. But how is such an agreement possible in a society riven by deep moral disagreement? This book explains the social-contract tradition from its beginnings in the English Revolution, through Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau to its culmination in Rawls"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 234 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781009395274 (electronic bk.)
1009395270