Will and Political Legitimacy A Critical Exposition of Social Contract Theory in Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Kant, and Hegel
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 p...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Mass.:
Harvard University Press
[1982].
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| Colección: | Plataforma De Gruyter ebook.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b34112807*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- 1 How Coherent Is the Social Contract Tradition?
- 2 Will and Legitimacy in the Philosophy of Hobbes
- 3 Finding an Equilibrium between Consent and Natural Law in Locke's Political Philosophy
- 4 A Possible Explanation of Rousseau's General Will
- 5 Kant as the Most Adequate of the Social Contract Theorists
- 6 Hegel on Consent and Social Contract Does He "Cancel and Preserve" the Theory: Will?
- 7 Conclusion
- Notes
- Index.
