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Reading group: Hobbes, Leviathan, chapters 13–17
These five chapters of Leviathan (1651) contain the core of Hobbes's political argument. Ch. 13: the natural condition of mankind. Rough equality, competition, distrust and glory lead to a war of every…
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What is Rawls’s veil of ignorance actually supposed to show?
I teach economics students, and when I introduce Rawls they treat the original position as a risk-aversion exercise. Behind the veil you don't know whether you'll be rich or poor, so you…
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