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dc.contributor.authorMansell, Samuel
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-09T16:30:02Z
dc.date.available2023-02-09T16:30:02Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.identifier283010884
dc.identifier77944627-3cd0-48b4-be5b-1e73ae17dcf3
dc.identifier85147746257
dc.identifier.citationMansell , S 2024 , ' Hobbesian resistance and the law of nature ' , Intellectual History Review , vol. 34 , no. 2 , pp. 317-341 . https://doi.org/10.1080/17496977.2023.2170685en
dc.identifier.issn1749-6977
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0003-0478-516X/work/128567943
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/26940
dc.description.abstractHobbes’s account of the individual’s right to resist sovereign authority is nuanced. His allowance for cases where a sovereign’s command falls outside the terms of the social contract, despite recent reappraisals, cannot rescue him from the accusation that his system is contradictory. It has been suggested that some Hobbesian rights can be transferred whilst others are quarantined, or that it is the institution of law, rather than the particular commands of the sovereign, which Hobbes ultimately upholds. By reconsidering Hobbes’s concept of sovereignty alongside his theory of natural law, I argue that his system remains in tension with itself. Hobbes’s prioritisation of sovereign judgement over that of the individual, when combined with the principles he retains from the natural law tradition, renders his theory of resistance irreconcilable with his position on sovereignty.
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dc.format.extent2151693
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofIntellectual History Reviewen
dc.subjectHobbesen
dc.subjectResistanceen
dc.subjectSovereigntyen
dc.subjectNatural lawen
dc.subjectThomismen
dc.subjectJC Political theoryen
dc.subjectB Philosophy (General)en
dc.subjectBJ Ethicsen
dc.subjectT-NDASen
dc.subjectSDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutionsen
dc.subject.lccJCen
dc.subject.lccB1en
dc.subject.lccBJen
dc.titleHobbesian resistance and the law of natureen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Centre for the Study of Philanthropy & Public Gooden
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Managementen
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/17496977.2023.2170685
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden


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