Published 2015-12-03
Keywords
- Hobbes,
- Gauthier,
- moral,
- reason,
- convention
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Abstract
David Gauthier interprets the conflict in the Hobbesian state of nature as a rational conflict arisen from the need of men to preserve their integrity and to increase their individual welfare. From his point of view, the Hobbesian solution to this conflict exposes a moral scheme –with a rational support- allowing the compatibility between individual and collective expectations. In this study I present the arguments that Gauthier offers to defend the idea that the Hobbesian moral theory premised on the dynamics of social contract reconciles individual and collective expectations.
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