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Contracts: Contracts are legally enforceable agreements between two or more parties that create mutual obligations. It is a promise to do or not do something. The terms of a contract must be agreed upon by both parties. See also Contract theory._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Thomas Hobbes on Contracts - Dictionary of Arguments
Mause I 34/35 Contract/Leviathan/Hobbes: Hobbes claims, with an explicit break with the old European tradition, in orientation to the contemporary ideal of mathematical and scientific knowledge more geometrico, to establish political theory as science in the first place. Article of Association in Hobbes' Leviathan, 1651: "It is a true unity of all in one and the same person, which came about through each person's contract with each other as if everyone would have said to everyone: I authorize this person or this assembly of people and give them my right to govern me, on condition that you also give them your right and authorize all their actions. Once this has happened, this set united into one person is called state [...]. Whoever embodies this person is called sovereign and possesses, as they say, supreme power, and everyone else beside him is his subject."(1) >Contract theory, >Community, >Society, >State. 1. Hobbes, Thomas. Leviathan oder Stoff, Form und Gewalt eines kirchlichen und bürgerlichen Staates, Hrsg. Iring Fetscher, Frankfurt 1991. S. 134– 135,_____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Hobbes I Thomas Hobbes Leviathan: With selected variants from the Latin edition of 1668 Cambridge 1994 Mause I Karsten Mause Christian Müller Klaus Schubert, Politik und Wirtschaft: Ein integratives Kompendium Wiesbaden 2018 |