Hobbes does not say that certain rights cannot be renounced because this would threaten one's life, but because no good to oneself could be gained.

Hobbes does not say that certain rights cannot be renounced because this would threaten one's life, but because no good to oneself could be gained.

On Hobbes's view the right of nature is quite simple to define. Naturally speaking—that is, outside of civil society – we have a right to do whatever we think ...

12 февр. 2002 г. · 6. The Laws of Nature. Hobbes argues that the state of nature is a miserable state of war in which none of our important human ends are ... The State of Nature · The Laws of Nature · Bibliography

11 окт. 2020 г. · In Hobbes's state of nature, everyone has a right to property, and everyone has a right to take your property. Conflict will ensue: that is why, ...

So far, Hobbes has described only liberty rights, that is, rights held in the state of nature that are unimpeded freedoms to do or forbear.

Hobbes rejected traditional higher law doctrines and encouraged people to accept the established laws and customs of their nations, even if they seemed ...

There is subtlety in Hobbes' doctrine of subjection, by which I mean the consent given in the very fact of open residence to be subject to government, that has ...

Some philosophers distinguish two types of rights, natural rights and legal rights. Natural rights are those that are not dependent on the laws or customs ... History · Ancient · Modern · Contemporary