Beschreibung:
Arash Abizadeh (M.Phil. Oxford, Ph.D. Harvard) is Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science and Associate Member of the Department of Philosophy at McGill University, Montréal. He has published extensively on Hobbes in journals including the Journal of the History of Philosophy, The Historical Journal, Philosophers' Imprint and Modern Intellectual History.
Uncovers Hobbes's distinction between reasons of the good and the right, which was a watershed in the history of ethics.
Preface; Introduction; Part I. The Metaethics of Reasons: 1. Naturalism; 2. Mind, action, and reasoning; Part II. Reasons of the Good; 3. Subjectivism, instrumentalism, and prudentialism about reasons; 4. A theory of the good: felicity by anticipatory pleasure; Part III. Reasons of the Right: 5. Accountability and obligations; 6. The laws of nature, morality, and justice; 7. Rational agency and personhood; Conclusion: naturalism and normativity.