Lectures on the history of political philosophy
John Rawls, Samuel Richard Freeman (Editor)
With its clear and careful analysis of the doctrine of the social contract, utilitarianism, and socialism, this volume has a critical place in the traditions it expounds. Marked by Rawls's characteristic patience and curiosity, these lectures are a fitting final addition to his oeuvre, and to the history of political philosophy
eBook, English, 2008
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass., 2008
History
1 online resource (496 p. ) : illustrations
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Editor's Foreword
Introductory Remarks
Texts Cited
Introduction Remarks on Political Philosophy
Lectures on Hobbes
Hobbes I. Hobbes's Secular Moralism and the Role of His Social Contract
Hobbes II. Human Nature and the State of Nature
Hobbes III. Hobbes's Account of Practical Reasoning
Hobbes IV. The Role and Powers of the Sovereign
Appendix: Hobbes Index
Lectures on Locke
Locke I. His Doctrine of Natural Law
Locke II. His Account of a Legitimate Regime
Locke III. Property and the Class State
Lectures on Hume. Hume I. "Of the Original Contract"
Hume II. Utility, Justice, and the Judicious Spectator
Lectures on Rousseau
Rousseau I. The Social Contract: Its Problem
Rousseau II. The Social Contract: Assumptions and the General Will (I)
Rousseau III. The General Will (II) and the Question of Stability
Lectures on Mill
Mill I. His Conception of Utility
Mill II. His Account of Justice
Mill III. The Principle of Liberty
Mill IV. His Doctrines as a Whole
Appendix: Remarks on Mill's Social Theory [c. 1980]
Lectures on Marx
Marx I. His View of Capitalism as a Social System. Marx II. His Conception of Right and Justice
Marx III. His Ideal: A Society of Freely Associated Producers
Appendixes
Four Lectures on Henry Sidgwick
Five Lectures on Joseph Butler
Course Outline
Index
Editor's Foreword Introductory Remarks Texts Cited Introduction: Remarks on Political Philosophy Lectures on Hobbes Lecture I: Hobbes's Secular Moralism and the Role of His Social Contract Lecture II: Human Nature and the State of Nature Lecture III: Hobbes's Account of Practical Reasoning Lecture IV: The Role and Powers of the Sovereign Appendix: Hobbes Index Lectures on Locke Lecture I: His Doctrine of Natural Law Lecture II: His Account of a Legitimate Regime Lecture III: Property and the Class State Lectures on Hume Lecture I: "Of the Original Contract" Lecture II: Utility, Justice, and the Judicious Spectator Lectures on Rousseau Lecture I: The Social Contract: Its Problem Lecture II: The Social Contract: Assumptions and the General Will (I) Lecture III: The General Will (II) and the Question of Stability Lectures on Mill Lecture I: His Conception of Utility Lecture II: His Account of Justice Lecture III: The Principle of Liberty Lecture IV: His Doctrine as a Whole Appendix: Remarks on Mill's Social Theory Lectures on Marx Lecture I: His View of Capitalism as a Social System Lecture II: His Conception of Right and Justice Lecture III: His Ideal: A Society of Freely Associated Producers APPENDIXES Four Lectures on Henry Sidgwick Lecture I: Sidgwick's Methods of Ethics Lecture II: Sidgwick on Justice and on the Classical Principle of Utility Lecture III: Sidgwick's Utilitarianism Lecture IV: Summary of Utilitarianism Five Lectures on Joseph Butler Lecture I: The Moral Constitution of Human Nature Lecture II: The Nature and Authority of Conscience Lecture III: The Economy of the Passions Lecture IV: Butler's Argument against Egoism Lecture V: Supposed Conflict between Conscience and Self-Love Appendix: Additional Notes on Butler Course Outline Index
Originally published: 2007
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