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Hobbes on Legal Authority and Political Obligation

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Authors:
  1. Luciano Venezia

    1. National Scientific and Technical Research Council — National University of Quilmes, Argentina

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    • Luciano Venezia
    Pages 1-18

  3. Coercion, Rational Self-Interest, and Obligation

    • Luciano Venezia
    Pages 19-40

  4. The Authority of Law

    • Luciano Venezia
    Pages 41-62

  5. Political Obligation

    • Luciano Venezia
    Pages 63-92

  6. Contractarianism

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    Pages 93-125

  7. The Hobbesian Analysis of Contracts under Coercion: A Critique

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    Pages 126-142

  8. Final Remarks

    • Luciano Venezia
    Pages 143-147

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 148-161
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Hobbes on Legal Authority and Political Obligation develops a new interpretation of Hobbes's theory of political obligation. According to the account developed in the book, the directives issued by the sovereign as introducing authoritative requirements, so that subjects are morally obligated to obey them.

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  • National Scientific and Technical Research Council — National University of Quilmes, Argentina

    Luciano Venezia

About the author

Luciano Venezia is Assistant Research Fellow at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council and Instructor at the National University of Quilmes, Argentina. He has a MA from the University of Arizona and a PhD from the University of Buenos Aires and the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences in Paris. He specializes in political and legal philosophy as well as the history of political thought.

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