Lectures on the History of Political PhilosophyConstantly revised and refined over three decades, Rawls's lectures on various historical figures reflect his developing and changing views on the history of liberalism and democracy. With its careful analyses of the doctrine of the social contract, utilitarianism, and socialism, this volume has a critical place in the traditions it expounds. |
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Contents
lectures on hobbes | 23 |
lectures on locke | 103 |
lectures on hume | 159 |
lectures on rousseau | 191 |
the General Will I | 214 |
The General Will II and the Question | 229 |
lectures on marx | 319 |
Associated Producers | 354 |
appendixes | 373 |
Five Lectures on Joseph Butler | 416 |
Course Outline | 458 |
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