{"product_id":"hobbess-political-philosophy-interpretation-and-interpretations","title":"Hobbes's Political Philosophy Interpretation and Interpretations","description":"\u003cp\u003eThomas Hobbes, the greatest English political philosopher, argued that human beings needed government in order to save their lives from being \"solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.\" They form governments by making a contract with each other to support a sovereign, to whom they give their right of governing themselves. In other words, government is artificial and not natural to human beings. Hobbes's arguments are formidable, but often unacceptable. For example,\n\u003cbr\u003efew people believe Hobbes's claim that the authority of their government is unlimited. Government needs to be limited in some way, such as a system of check and balances, to prevent tyranny.\n\u003cbr\u003eIdentifying exactly where Hobbes went wrong is difficult, but also illuminates the truth about government.Hobbes's Political Philosophy: Interpretation and Interpretations aims to clarify Hobbes's positions by examining what Hobbes considered a science of politics, a set of timeless truths grounded in definitions. A.P. Martinich explains this science of politics, examining Hobbes's views on the laws of nature, authorization and representation, sovereignty by\n\u003cbr\u003eacquisition, and others. He argues that in addition to the timeless science, Hobbes had two timebound projects. The first was to eliminate the apparent conflict between the new science of Copernicus and Galileo and\n\u003cbr\u003etraditional Christian doctrine by distinguishing science from religion and understanding Christianity as essentially belief in the literal meaning of the Bible. The second was to show that Christianity is not politically destabilizing by appealing to biblical teachings such as \"Servants, obey your masters,\" and \"All authority comes from God.\"In examining Hobbes's views on political philosophy, Martinich gives a comprehensive overview of Hobbes's historical context and puts\n\u003cbr\u003ehis arguments in dialogue with other interpretations of Hobbes's philosophy, drawing on the work of scholars such as Jeffrey Collins, Edwin Curley, John Deigh, and Quentin Skinner. This new\n\u003cbr\u003einterpretation of Hobbes's work will be of interest to philosophers interested in the history of philosophy as well as those interested in political philosophy, theology, and moral philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44156449194222,"sku":"9780197531716","price":203.41,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9780197531716.jpg?v=1706224754","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/hobbess-political-philosophy-interpretation-and-interpretations","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}