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Hobbes on Equality: Context, Rhetoric, Argument

Curran, Eleanor (2012) Hobbes on Equality: Context, Rhetoric, Argument. Hobbes Studies, 25 (2). pp. 166-187. ISSN 0921-5891. (doi:10.1163/18750257-02502003) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:29469)

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Abstract

It is often argued that Hobbes’s arguments for natural and political equality are used instrumentally. This paper does not argue against the instrumental arguments but seeks to broaden the discussion; to analyse aspects of Hobbes’s arguments and comments on equality that are often ignored. In the context of the anti-egalitarian arguments of leading contemporary royalist commentators, Hobbes’s arguments and remarks are strikingly egalitarian. The paper argues, first, that there is an ideological disagreement between Hobbes and leading royalists on equality. Second, that Hobbes believes in natural equality as well as using the arguments for equality instrumentally.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1163/18750257-02502003
Uncontrolled keywords: royalism; egalitarianism; Hobbes; ideological; equality
Subjects: K Law
Divisions: Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > Kent Law School
Depositing User: Sarah Slowe
Date Deposited: 16 May 2012 08:37 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:07 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/29469 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Curran, Eleanor.

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