ENLIGHTENMENT PHILOSOPHY
On Rousseau’s Discourse on Inequality
Ian Johnston explores Rousseau’s account of human nature and the origins of inequality, examining how civilization, property, social institutions, and amour propre
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Enlightenment Philosophy
Explore the thinkers and ideas of the Enlightenment, from reason, freedom, and human nature to questions of knowledge, morality, society, and political authority.
MODERN POLITICAL THOUGHT
Why Should I Obey the State?
Ian Johnston examines why citizens should obey the state, comparing the political ideas of Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, and Marx and their competing views of authority, liberty, equality, consent, and justice.
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