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Author : David Boucher,Paul Kelly
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134839698
First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : David Boucher,Paul Joseph Kelly
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780415108461
First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : Mehmet Kanatli
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000507133
This book looks at how the ideas of freedom, property, and order are expressed in modern social contract theories (SCTs). Drawing on the theories of Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, and Rawls, it studies how notions of freedom promulgated by these SCTs invariably legitimise and defend the private ownership of the means of production. It argues that capitalism’s impact on individual dependence and economic inequality still stems from this model, ultimately working in favour of proprietors. The author highlights the problematic nature of SCTs, which work as ideological mechanisms put forward under the guise of formal equality and formal freedom, by focusing on the historical and social context behind them. From a methodological point of view, the author presents a de-ideologization of the contractarian issue and provides insight into the political ‘layers’ within the discourse of individualism, human nature and morality shaping the outer corners of contractarian theory. An important intervention in the study of SCTs, this volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of political and social theory, sociology, political history, and political philosophy.
Author : Mark E. Button
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780271033822
"Explores the concept of the social contract and how it shapes citizenship. Argues that the modern social contract is an account of the ethical and cultural conditions upon which modern citizenship depends"--Provided by publisher.
Author : Michael Harry Lessnoff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015014614914
Author : Samuel Freeman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2009-04-24
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780199725069
Samuel Freeman was a student of the influential philosopher John Rawls, he has edited numerous books dedicated to Rawls' work and is arguably Rawls' foremost interpreter. This volume collects new and previously published articles by Freeman on Rawls. Among other things, Freeman places Rawls within historical context in the social contract tradition, and thoughtfully addresses criticisms of this position. Not only is Freeman a leading authority on Rawls, but he is an excellent thinker in his own right, and these articles will be useful to a wide range of scholars interested in Rawls and the expanse of his influence.
Author : Jan Kercher
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 10 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2004-03-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783638263351
Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject Politics - Political Theory and the History of Ideas Journal, grade: A (85%), University of British Columbia (Department for Political Science), course: Modern Political Thought: John Rawls and his Critics, language: English, abstract: In “A Theory of Justice” (Rawls, 1971), John Rawls tries to develop a conception of justice that is based on a social contract. His approach, doubtlessly, led to a revival of the contract theory in modern political theory. However, his peculiar conception of a hypothetical contract has also evoked a wave of severe criticism. Some of his critics settle for condemning special features of Rawls’s contractual concept, while others maintain that Rawls’s theory is, in effect, no real contract theory. In this paper, I will therefore focus on two research questions: Is Rawls’s theory a genuine contract theory at all? If yes, does the contract play a crucial role in this theory or is there a preferable alternative available to Rawls?
Author : Patrick Riley
Publisher : Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Law
ISBN : UOM:39015040121389
At the heart of representative government is the question: "What makes government and its agents legitimate authorities?" The notion of consent to a social contract between the citizen and his government is central to this problem. What are the functions of public authority? What are the people's rights in a self-governing and representative state? Patrick Riley presents a comprehensive historical analysis of the meaning of contract theory and a testing of the inherent validity of the ideas of consent and obligation. He uncovers the critical relationship between the act of willing and that of consenting in self-government and shows how "will" relates to political legitimacy. His is the first large-scale study of social contract theory from Hobbes to Rawls that gives "will" the central place it occupies in contractarian thinking.
Author : Sebastian Erckel
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 19 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2009-05-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783640326945
Essay from the year 2008 in the subject Politics - Political Theory and the History of Ideas Journal, grade: 80%= good, University of Kerala (Department of Political Science), course: Political Theory- Liberal Tradition, language: English, abstract: This essay compares the classical social contract theories of Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau. Different perceptions of the state of nature resulted in different ideas about the social contract and its emphasis on either security (Hobbes), individual rights (Locke) or the collective freedom of Rousseau's general will. Political philosophy is believed to have started with Plato’s “Republic”, the first known sophisticated analysis of a fundamental question that humans have probably been concerned with much longer: how should human society be organised, i.e. who should rule and why? Plato believed that ruling required special training and skills and should therefore be left to an aristocracy of guardians who had received extensive training. While the notion that ruling requires expertise can hardly be denied there is also agreement among most philosophers that whoever qualifies for the job of ruling needs to do so with the interest of the people in mind. But what is the interest of the people and how can it be discovered? According to Plato, a necessary precondition for rulers is wisdom and that is why he wanted his guardians to be especially trained in philosophy. One may think that the people themselves should know what is best for them but somewhat surprisingly this idea has been rejected not just by Plato but also by many philosophers following him. Another approach is to link rule on Earth to a mandate received from a divine Creator. However, even the idea that humans could not exist without a government has been questioned, most notably by anarchism. Thus, the question of how political rule, the power to make decisions for others, could be justified is an essential one. Only legitimate rule creates obligation and without obligation it is hard to see how any form of society can survive. It is precisely for these elementary questions that social contract theories attempt to provide an answer for. The social contract can be seen as a device both for justifying not only rule itself but a particular type of rule, and demonstrating that political obligation can indeed be demanded. A unique feature of the classical social contract theories discussed in this paper is that they started out with an analysis of the state of nature.
Author : Christopher W. Morris
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780585114033
This reader introduces students of philosophy and politics to the contemporary critical literature on the classical social contract theorists: Thomas Hobbes (1599-1697), John Locke (1632-1704), and Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778). Twelve thoughtfully selected essays guide students through the texts, familiarizing them with key elements of the theory, while at the same time introducing them to current scholarly controversies. A bibliography of additional work is provided. The classical social contract theorists represent one of the two or three most important modern traditions in political thought. Their ideas dominated political debates in Europe and North America in the 17th and 18th centuries, influencing political thinkers, statesmen, constitution makers, revolutionaries, and other political actors alike. Debates during the French Revolution and the early history of the American Republic were often conducted in the language of Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau. Later political philosophy can only be understood against this backdrop. And the contemporary revival of contractarian moral and political thought, represented by John Rawls' A Theory of Justice (1971) or David GauthierOs Morals by Agreement (1986), needs to be appreciated in the history of this tradition.
Author : Ron Replogle
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0847675912
The author defends a novel philosophical thesis about the nature and foundation of moral rights. The thesis maintains that rights-claims derive their credibility from a distinctive idea of equality according to which persons are not just equally valuable but equally invaluable. The egalitarian ideal derives its normative content from widely acknowledged norms of competence that are distinguishable from and conceptually prior to the norms of rationality and morality that have exercised contemporary theorists of rational choice and justice. When its nature and foundation are appreciated, rights-based justice can be seen to be more powerful and, in an important sense, less ideological than alternative conceptions. In defending this view, the author considers how ideology corrupts thinking about justice and maintains that contemporary theorists are ideological in a sense that disqualifies them from setting credible normative standards.
Author : Deborah Baumgold
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9789004184251
These essays carefully show that classic social-contract theory was an ancien regime genre. Far more than is commonly realized, the local horizon was built into Hobbes s and Locke s theories and the genre drew on the absolutism of Bodin and Grotius.
Author : Vicente Medina
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Social contract
ISBN : UOM:39015018941404
'. . . this book will be valuable to upper-division and graduate students interested in the validity of SC theories.'-PERSPECTIVES ON POLITICAL SCIENCE
Author : Michael Moehler
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03-22
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780198785927
Michael Moehler develops a novel multilevel social contract theory tailored to the conditions of societies that are deeply morally pluralistic. Such societies must cope with a variety of values and traditions: Moehler defines the minimal behavioral restrictions that are necessary to ensure mutually beneficial peaceful long-term cooperation.
Author : Deborah Baumgold
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2010-04-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004184268
These essays carefully show that classic social-contract theory was an ancien regime genre. Far more than is commonly realized, the local horizon was built into Hobbes’s and Locke’s theories and the genre drew on the absolutism of Bodin and Grotius.