Revista Filosofía UIS

Vol. 14 No. 2 (2015): Revista Filosofía UIS
Research Article

The interpretation of Gauthier of the hobbesian political argument

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  • Oswaldo Plata Pineda
Oswaldo Plata Pineda
Politécnico Colombiano Jaime Isaza Cadavid
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18273/revfil.v14n2-2015004

Published 2015-12-03

Keywords

  • Hobbes,
  • Gauthier,
  • moral,
  • reason,
  • convention

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Plata Pineda, O. (2015). The interpretation of Gauthier of the hobbesian political argument. Revista Filosofía UIS, 14(2), 83–95. https://doi.org/10.18273/revfil.v14n2-2015004

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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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