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The Modern Political Tradition. Episode 4, Hobbes, Natural Law, the Social Contract.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 6733343 | KanopyPublisher: The Great Courses, 2014Publisher: [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2019Description: 1 online resource (streaming video file) (32 minutes): digital, .flv file, soundContent type:
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Subject(s): Genre/Form: Online resources: Lawrence CahooneSummary: Explore the first version of social contract theory as espoused by Thomas Hobbes, who based his view on moral relativism and a pessimistic state of nature in which there is a war of all against all. Learn why for society to function, according to Hobbes, the people must give up control to the sovereign, upon which no limits can be placed.
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Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2014.

Explore the first version of social contract theory as espoused by Thomas Hobbes, who based his view on moral relativism and a pessimistic state of nature in which there is a war of all against all. Learn why for society to function, according to Hobbes, the people must give up control to the sovereign, upon which no limits can be placed.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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