 | Claire Elise Katz, Lara Trout - 2005 - 384 páginas
...and Civil (New York: Macmillan, 1962). Cited as L. 3 Hobbes defines a law of nature as "a precept or general rule, found out by reason, by which a man...that, by which he thinketh it may be best preserved" (L 103). 4 Two recent sources for interesting interpretations of Hobbes's moral philosophy are George... | |
 | E. Jonathan Lowe - 2005 - 248 páginas
...secure our own self-preservation and well-being. As he puts it: A Law of Nature ... is a Precept, or general!. Rule, found out by Reason, by which a man...that, by which he thinketh it may be best preserved. [Hobbes 1996, p. 91] However, whether these 'laws' are supposed by Hobbes to have any moral authority... | |
 | E. Jonathan Lowe - 2005 - 248 páginas
...own self-preservation and well-being. As he puts it: A Law of Nature ... is a Precept, or generall Rule, found out by Reason, by which a man is forbidden...that, by which he thinketh it may be best preserved. [Hobbes 1996, p. 91] However, whether these 'laws' are supposed by Hobbes to have any moral authority... | |
 | Aloysius Martinich - 2005 - 292 páginas
...one following "and," adds something substantial to the first clause. I am referring to this clause: "to do that which is destructive of his life, or taketh...that by which he thinketh it may be best preserved." (The disjunctive clause is not problematic.) According to one interpretation, the content of every... | |
 | Cyril Smith - 2005 - 248 páginas
...the word, the absence of external impediments; ... A LAW OF NATURE, (lex naturalis,) is a precept, or general rule, found out by reason, by which a man...life, or taketh away the means of preserving the same, (chapter 14) Sovereign has to be absolute. "The validity of covenants begins not but with the constitution... | |
 | Nicholas Churchich - 2005 - 540 páginas
...He equates God's commands with the laws of nature. 'A law of nature', he defines, as 'a precept or general rule, found out by reason, by which a man...forbidden to do that which is destructive of his life or takes away the means of preserving it'.65 Although Hobbes regards religion as a system of law, not... | |
 | Glyn Lloyd-Hughes - 2005 - 412 páginas
...absence of external impediments. A law of nature, lex naturalis, is a precept, or general rule, found by reason, by which a man is forbidden to do that which is destructive of his life. (Jus and lex, right and law, ought to be distinguished, because right consisteth in liberty to do or... | |
 | William S. Sahakian, Mabel Lewis Sahakian - 1966 - 204 páginas
...a number of other laws are implied by the first two. He summarized the various laws as follows: 1. "Man is forbidden to do that which is destructive of his life" (the law of self-preservation). 2. "That a man be willing, when others so too, as far forth, as for... | |
 | 164 páginas
...natural law. 4 According to Hobbes, "A LAW OF NATURE [Hobbes's emphasis], lex naturalis, is a precept or general rule, found out by reason, by which a man...that, by which he thinketh it may be best preserved." 5 "And that which is not against reason, men call Right, or jus, or blameless liberty of using our... | |
 | Chana B. Cox - 2006 - 302 páginas
...assumes that we all do, then you must seek peace: A law of nature, lex natural is, is a precept, or general rule, found out by reason, by which a man...that by which he thinketh it may be best preserved. (Leviathan, 14) These laws are conditional in form: "if you want thus and such, then you must do thus... | |
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A LAW OF NATURE, (lex naturalis,) is a precept, or general rule, found out by reason, by which a man is forbidden to do that, which is destructive of his life, or taketh away the means of preserving the same; and to omit that, by which he thinketh it... 
