Scepticism or Hobbesianism, that is the meaning of your article of Aug. 21, which I regret to have read in the Economist. Nowhere conscience is apparent.
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Hobbesianism
Synonyms for "hobbesianism" (3 found)
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French
2 entries- hobbesianisme noun (philosophy of Hobbes)
- hobbisme noun (philosophy of Hobbes)
German
1 entries- Hobbesianismus noun (philosophy of Hobbes)
Latin
1 entries- Hobbesiānismus noun (philosophy of Hobbes)
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Kant’s defence of state authority was indeed vigorous, but the ‘Hobbesianism’ identified by Richard Tuck and others should not be taken too far.
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[…] Aravamudan’s work unintentionally participates in the liberal project of burying a Hobbesianism that has consistently been recognized as a threat to the very Protestant capitalist revolution Aravamudan would want to indict.
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