If, as Hobbes suggests, nature is a war of all against all, certainly we can see that encampments are an effort to patch together a social contract, an effort to seek governance and sovereignty.

The process of reimagining government starts with the social contract between the government and citizens. Governments face changing and growing demands and expectations from their citizens. There is ...

Realism, then, is a stringent, apathetic, materialistic realpolitik that has little to do with compassion and empathy for ...

Initially we look to Glaucon in Plato’s Republic, to Thomas Hobbes, and to Benedict Spinoza.” Although they recognize that ...

explaining the mutual relationships of these ideas in Hobbes’s system. Clearly written and accessibly argued, this book will be of interest to philosophers, political scientists, intellectual ...

When people go to the polls, they are not only selecting a candidate but also entering into a social contract with that candidate. This social contract is built on the promises, proposals, and ...

Calvin and Hobbes is often considered a timeless comic ... At his age, Calvin should be building his social skills with other ...

Hobbes, echoing Thucydides ... Socrates thus furthered Greek thought even as he worked to destabilize the social contract as it was then understood. Moral values cut two ways, the author suggests ...

Calvin and Hobbes is one of the most beloved comic strips of all time. If you grew up stealing the comics section of the newspaper from your parents to read the hilarious and insightful adventures ...

Horizon of the New Social Sciences studies the modern attempt of the social ... In the course of reading authors such as Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, and Marx, students will study the way Christian ...

PhotoAlto / Frederic Cirou / Getty Images A land contract is a seller-financed loan drawn up by a buyer and seller. Although it's called a land contract, the deal can include properties like homes ...