Lectures on the History of Political Philosophy

by John Rawls

Other authors: Samuel Freeman (Editor)

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With its clear and careful analysis of the doctrine of the social contract, utilitarianism, and socialism, this volume has a critical place in the traditions it expounds. Marked by Rawls's characteristic patience and curiosity, these lectures are a fitting final addition to his oeuvre, and to the history of political philosophy.… (more)

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Bueno, son las clases de Rawls en Harvard sobre filosofía política, no toca todos los temas pero analiza ciertos autores, Hobbes, Hume, Mrx, Rousseau, Locke y Marx. muy agil y bien escrito. Es interesante ver las categorías de análisis que utiliza comparando los autores con su teoría de la justicia (

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Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes

On Liberty by John Stuart Mill

The Second Treatise of Government by John Locke

Utilitarianism by John Stuart Mill

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An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals (Hackett Classics) by David Hume

Karl Marx: Selected Writings by Karl Marx

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With its clear and careful analysis of the doctrine of the social contract, utilitarianism, and socialism, this volume has a critical place in the traditions it expounds. Marked by Rawls's characteristic patience and curiosity, these lectures are a fitting final addition to his oeuvre, and to the history of political philosophy.

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