...to become small, to fall lower." 47 T. Hobbes, op.cit., p. 86. 48 Ibid., p. 86. 49 Ibid., p. 105. 50 "For moral philosophy is nothing else but the science of what is good, and evil, in the conservation, and society of mankind": Ibid., p. 105. reason requires every man to seek for peace,...

...individualistic notion to one of collective benefit: "And the science of them [the laws], as the true and onely Moral Philosophy. For Moral Philosophy is nothing else but the Science of what is Good and Evill in the conversation, and Society of mankind . . . and consequently all men agree on this, that...

...author produces thoughts about good and evil by representing the thoughts in expressions: "[f]or Morall Philosophy is nothing else but the Science of what is Good, and Evill in conversation, and Society of mankind."41 Justice and injustice only enter the scene once creatures...

...fulfilleth the Law, is Just. And the Science of them, is the true and onely Moral Philosophy. For Morall Philosophy is nothing else but the Science of what is Good, and Evill, in the conversation, and society of mankind. Good, and Evill, are names that signifie our Appetites,...

...certain impulsion of nature, no less than that whereby a stone moves downward" (DC, Ch. I, p. 115). 5. "For moral philosophy is nothing else but the science...evil, in the conversation, and society of mankind. . . . And ... so long as a man is in the condition of mere nature, which is a condition of war, . ....

...and society of true moral mankind. Good and evil are names that signify our appetites and losophy. aversions, which in different tempers, customs, and...different; and divers men differ not only in their judgement on the senses of what is pleasant and unpleasant to the taste, smell, hearing, touch, and...

...should be built around it. This inevitably reduced to a matter of opinion and, thus, invited conflict: For Moral Philosophy is nothing else but the Science of what is Good, and Evill, in the conversation, and Society of mankind. Good, and Evill, are names that signifie our Appetites,...

...founder of liberalism, and there is merit in this claim. For Hobbes, as for his utilitarian successors, "Good, and evil, are names that signify our appetites, and aversions," which differ widely among men and societies. In Leviathan, Hobbes recognizes "laws of nature," but explains...

...their performance fulfilleth them; and he that fulfilleth the law is just. And the science of them is the true and only moral philosophy. For moral philosophy...evil in the conversation and society of mankind. Good ma evil are names that signify our appetites and aversions, which in different tempers, customs, and...

...aristocrats incited the common people to rebellion, producing chaos and violence. Hobbes contended: "Good and evil are names that signify our appetites...tempers, customs, and doctrines of men are different. . . . Nay, the same man in divers times differs from himself, and one time praises — that is, calls...