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100 1 _aHerzog, Donald J.,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aWithout Foundations :
_bJustification in Political Theory /
_cDonald J. Herzog.
264 1 _aIthaca, NY :
_bCornell University Press,
_c[2018]
264 4 _c©1985
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tCONTENTS --
_tPREFACE --
_tINTRODUCTION --
_tONE. HOBBES'S PRESCRIPTIVE ARGUMENTS --
_tTWO. LOCKE' S DIVINE POLITICS --
_tTHREE. AGAINST UTILITARIANISM --
_tFOUR. THEORY IN CONTEXT: HUME AND SMITH --
_tCONCLUSION --
_tBIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS CITED --
_tINDEX
506 0 _aOpen Access
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520 _aCan political theorists justify their ideas? Do sound political theories need foundations? What constitutes a well-justified argument in political discourse? Don Herzog attempts to answer these questions by investigating the ways in which major theorists in the Anglo-American political tradition have justified their views. Making use of a wide range of primary texts, Herzog examines the work of such important theorists as Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, the utilitarians (Jeremy Bentham, J. S. Mill. Henry Sidgwick, J. C. Harsanyi, R. M. Hare, and R. B. Brandt), David Hume, and Adam Smith. Herzog argues that Hobbes, Locke, and the utilitarians fail to justify their theories because they try to ground the volatile world of politics in immutable aspects of human nature, language, theology, or rationality. Herzog concludes that the works of Adam Smith and David Hume offer illuminating examples of successful justifications. Basing their political conclusions on social contexts, not on abstract principles, Hume and Smith develop creative solutions to given problems.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Sep 2018)
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