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Hobbes on Legal Authority and Political Obligation develops a new interpretation of Hobbes's theory of political obligation. According to the account developed in the book, the directives issued by the sovereign as introducing authoritative requirements, so that subjects are morally obligated to obey them.
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Luciano Venezia is Assistant Research Fellow at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council and Instructor at the National University of Quilmes, Argentina. He has a MA from the University of Arizona and a PhD from the University of Buenos Aires and the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences in Paris. He specializes in political and legal philosophy as well as the history of political thought.
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Book Title: Hobbes on Legal Authority and Political Obligation
Authors: Luciano Venezia
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137490254
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-49024-7Published: 06 September 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-49025-4Published: 01 September 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 161
Topics: Philosophy of Law, Political Philosophy, Social Philosophy, Medieval Philosophy, Public Law, Political Science