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

 - 1 online resource (streaming video file) (32 minutes):  digital, .flv file, sound 
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<br/><br/>Lawrence Cahoone 
<br/><br/> Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2014. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Mode of access: World Wide Web. 
<br/><br/><br/>In English 
<br/><br/><label>Publisher. No.: </label>6733343  Kanopy 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Political science.<br/>Philosophy and religion.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Education films.