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High and Classical Liberalism: Economic Liberties "Thin" and "Thick"

Brewer, Bradley R.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1408635090

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2014, Master of Arts (MA), Ohio University, Philosophy (Arts and Sciences).
The focus of this thesis is to identify the differences and incompatibilities that exist between John Locke's and Thomas Hobbes' particular conceptions of liberty. When the incompatibilities are assessed, it becomes clear that they offer converse logical directions for their arguments. I contend that the Lockean position holds that the existence of law precedes the justification for liberties; while the Hobbesian position holds that liberties are justified antecedent to the existence of law. Once the logical directions of the arguments from Locke and Hobbes are clear, I apply this distinction to a contemporary case. The contemporary case is John Tomasi on one hand and Liam Murphy and Thomas Nagel on the other. I claim that these contemporary philosophers have fallen into an irresolvable dispute due to a lack of consideration for the logical direction and conception of liberty they each employ. In conclusion, I attempt to offer a remedy that each side of this contemporary debate could, perhaps, accept.
John Bender, PHD (Advisor)
Alyssa Bernstein, PHD (Committee Member)
Alfred Lent, PHD (Committee Member)
70 p.
Philosophy
John Locke; Thomas Hobbes; John Tomasi; Thomas Nagel and Liam Murphy; Economic liberties; Conceptions of liberty; Philosophy; Social and Political Philosophy

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  • Brewer, B. R. (2014). High and Classical Liberalism: Economic Liberties "Thin" and "Thick" [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1408635090

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Brewer, Bradley. High and Classical Liberalism: Economic Liberties "Thin" and "Thick". 2014. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1408635090.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Brewer, Bradley. "High and Classical Liberalism: Economic Liberties "Thin" and "Thick"." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1408635090

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