The Limits of Hobbesian Contractarianism

by Jody S. Kraus

Book Overview

This 1994 book constitutes a sustained, comprehensive, and rigorous critique of contemporary Hobbesian contractarianism as expounded in the work of Jean Hampton, Gregory Kavka, and David Gauthier. Professor Kraus argues that the attempts by these three philosophers to use Hobbes to answer current political and moral questions fail. The reasons why they fail are related to fundamental problems intrinsic to Hobbesian contractarianism: first, the problem...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521449723
• ISBN13: 9780521449724
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 9.2"