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24 Jul 2011, 5:26 am by Lawrence Solum
Classical Social Contract Theory  The classical social contract tradition is most strongly associated with Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. [read post]
22 Aug 2010, 12:34 pm by Lawrence Solum
Another early use of the phrase "public reason" is found in Thomas Jefferson's Second Inaugural Address:[I]t is proper that you should understand what I deem the essential principles of our government, and consequently those which ought to shape its administration . . . . [read post]
4 Aug 2010, 2:08 pm by Steve Bainbridge
Rev. 708), I unexpectedly encountered a nice summary of what I take to be the basic difference between liberals and conservatives: According to Thomas Sowell, many of our modern policy debates boil down to a question of one's view of the capacity of the human mind and the institutions it develops to solve problems. [read post]
23 Jul 2010, 6:46 am by Adam Thierer
” In Part 1 of the series, I defined what real media freedom is all about, and in Part 2 I discussed the rising “cyber-collectivist” threat to media freedom. [read post]
18 Apr 2010, 2:39 am by Lawrence Solum
  One of these is the notion of the "social contract"--familiar from Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau. [read post]
15 Mar 2010, 9:37 am by Ken
” Here’s Dunbar’s replacement standard, which passed: “explain the impact of the writings of John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, Voltaire, Charles de Montesquieu, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Thomas Aquinas, John Calvin and Sir William Blackstone. [read post]
14 Feb 2010, 3:45 pm by Lawrence Solum
Rawls saw his theory as an extension of thesocial contract tradition--associated with Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. [read post]
3 May 2009, 3:09 pm
For example, the phrase "public reason" is found in Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan. [read post]
11 Jan 2009, 6:33 am
  Classical Social Contract Theory  The classical social contract tradition is most strongly associated with Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. [read post]
9 Nov 2008, 1:10 pm
Rawls saw his theory as an extension of the social contract tradition--associated with Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. [read post]
21 Mar 2008, 9:21 am
Rousseau famously commented that the English were free only once every five years, when they voted for parliament. [read post]
6 Jan 2008, 6:34 pm
For example, the phrase "public reason" is found in Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan. [read post]
14 Oct 2007, 3:10 pm
Classical Social Contract Theory  The classical social contract tradition is most strongly associated with Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. [read post]
20 Aug 2007, 9:40 pm
I'm suspicious when philosophers mention Hobbes and not Rousseau when talking about social contracts. [read post]
14 Aug 2007, 9:41 am
When we even ask whether a citizen has a right to life protected against governmental destruction, instead of automatically asking where the government gets a right to condemn an innocent person to death, we have turned the whole basis of our government upside down, not to mention Rousseau (I think it was). [read post]
12 Aug 2007, 7:00 pm
Rawls saw his theory as an extension of the social contract tradition--associated with Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. [read post]