Abstract

LENIS CASTANO, John Fredy. Social Pact and Liberty in Thomas Hobbes. discus.filos [online]. 2010, vol.11, n.17, pp.239-254. ISSN 0124-6127.

This paper's aim is to dilucidate some of the anthropological-pedagogical implications of the pact that institutes the civil State, which is a concept that characterizes Thomas Hobbes' political theory. Such implications deal with, on the one hand, the educational sense of the law and its enforcement, and on the other, with the type of liberty that the citizens of the aforementioned State have. To achieve this, the following issues shall be discussed: the pact as a means for instituting the civil State, the educational sense of the State, the concept of civil liberty, and, finally, the ethics of the sovereign and the limits of the State.

Keywords : punishment; education; Hobbes; civil liberty; limits of the State; social pact.

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