 | Micheline Ishay - 2007 - 590 lapas
...LEVIATHAN, 1652) Chapter XIV: Of the First and Second Natural Laws, and of Contracts Right nature of what. The RIGHT OF NATURE, which writers commonly call jus naturale, is the liberty each man has to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature — that is to... | |
 | John Brenkman - 2007 - 224 lapas
...exposes a "state of nature" in which every man would have the right to do whatever he deems necessary "for the preservation of his own Nature; that is to say, of his own life." A commonwealth, Hobbes reasoned, arises from the fear of death that pervades the hypothetical state... | |
 | Steven K. May, George Cheney, Juliet Roper - 2007 - 512 lapas
...human nature, identifies one. He asserts a natural right to protect oneself: "The Right Of Nature ... is the Liberty each man hath, to use his own power, as he will himselfe, for the preservation of his own Nature; that is to say, of his own life" (p. 72). To say... | |
 | Luc Wintgens, Philippe Thion - 2007 - 238 lapas
...impediments. This is Hobbes' position.24 According to him, freedom is embedded in the ins naturale, that is: [t]he Liberty each man hath, to use his own power, as he will himselfe, for the preservation of his own Nature; that is to say, of his own Life; and consequently,... | |
 | Philip Pettit - 2009 - 192 lapas
...see, for example, it explains why the natural law — the law of sensible self-concern — starts from "the liberty each man hath to use his own power, as...of his own nature, that is to say, of his own life" (L 14.1). Why should Hobbes, who links good with pleasure, bad with pain, think that self-preservation... | |
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The RIGHT OF NATURE, which writers commonly call jus naturale, is the liberty each man hath, to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature; that is to say, of his own life; and consequently, of doing any thing, which... 
