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Hobbes in Leviathan argued for a form of government in which subjects submit to the rule of an absolute sovereign through a "social contract" between the ruler and the ruled. This new and comprehensive analysis of the argument draws on recent developments in game and decision theory to test its validity.Hampton, Jean is the author of 'Hobbes and the Social Contract Tradition' with ISBN 9780521368278 and ISBN 0521368278.
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