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Thomas Hobbes
Courses tagged with "Thomas Hobbes"
War! What is it good for! Actually, Ian Morris suggests that it might make life generally less violent. He explained how to Laurie Taylor.
Category: History
This animation explores Thomas Hobbes' belief that security is better than freedom.
Category: Philosophy
The urgency for philosophers to abandon their castles in the air is caught in Amartya Sen's The Idea Of Justice, says Charles Barclay Roger.
Category: Philosophy
Sean Crawford explains the Prisoner's dilemma.
Category: Philosophy
Introducing the 17th century English thinker and political theorist, Thomas Hobbes:
Category: Philosophy
Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679), perhaps the greatest English political philosopher, argued that life in the state of nature would be, "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short". But what is the state of nature? Need it be so miserable? And why does this matter, anyway? Jonathan Wolff, Professor of Philosophy, University College London, considers the issues.
Category: Philosophy
The unwritten 'social contract' keeps society functioning, as Jon Pike explains
Category: Philosophy
On a journey from Plato's Republic to the Mitchell Brothers' Walford, can we use philosophy to understand trust?
Category: Philosophy
Matt Matravers, of the Department of Politics, the University of York, outlines David Hume's approach to the question of trust.
Category: Philosophy