Preamble — This is part of my response to an essay exam on some of the early contract theorists (Mostly Hobbes and Locke). One of my other short essays, which I haven’t (yet?) posted, explains exactly how I think one becomes obligated by reason to obey the sovereign. I haven’t posted it because the footnotes [...]
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The Sovereign’s Authority in War
Posted in Ethics, Social Philosophy, tagged authority, command, contract theory, Hobbes, Leviathan, obey, orders, philosophy, political philosophy, political theory, social contract, social contract theory, theory of obligation, war, warfare on 2011 October 28 |
