Hobbes and the Indirect Workings of Political Consent
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Etat: Public
Version: Author's accepted manuscript
Licence: Non spécifiée
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serval:BIB_5CA313281E88
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
Hobbes and the Indirect Workings of Political Consent
Périodique
Hobbes Studies
ISSN
0921-5891
1875-0257
1875-0257
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
19/04/2022
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
35
Numéro
2
Pages
155-175
Langue
anglais
Résumé
This paper brings to light an unexplored aspect of Hobbes’s argument that political authority rests upon subjects’ consent. Consent enacts a transfer of subjects’ right of nature to the sovereign, yet she already possesses a natural right to everything. What moral difference, then, does this make to her possession of power, and how? In my reading, the difference lies in the rise of new obligations befalling the sovereign by means of an indirect mechanism: That many individuals, hoping for safety, transfer their right of nature to the sovereign triggers an obligation for her to accept the role of a ruler and perform the duties attached to it, for the sake of the peace enjoined by the laws of nature. This reading should also confirm the possibility of a consensual foundation for the Hobbesian right to punish and shed new light on Hobbes’s notion of tacit consent.
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Mots-clé
Philosophy, Political Science, History
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