Aufsatz(gedruckt)#11973
PROPERTY THEORY IN HOBBES
In: Political theory: an international journal of political philosophy, Band 1, Heft 2, S. 203-218
ISSN: 0090-5917
HOBBES IS GENERALLY UNDERSTOOD AS MAINTAINING THERE ARE NO PROPERTY RIGHTS IN THE STATE OF NATURE. WHILE THIS ACCURATELY REPRESENTS HIS POSITION IN LEVIATHAN, IN HIS EARLIER WRITINGS, PARTICULARLY ELEMENTS OF LAW AND DE CIVE, HOBBES APPEARS TO ADMIT CERTAIN PROPERTY RIGHTS EVEN IN THE STATE OF NATURE, FOR EXAMPLE THERIGHT OF CHILDREN TO INHERIT FROM THEIR PARENTS.