ホッブズの自然法は道徳であるのか

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Hobbes defines a precept or general rule found by reason as a law of nature. In Leviathan, Hobbes says; "I conclude, therefore, that in all things not contrary to the Morall Law, (that is to say, to the Law of Nature, )all Subjects are bound that for divine law, which is declared to be so, by the Laws of Commonwealth(333)." According to this passage, 'natural law' is called both 'divine law' and 'moral law'. The specific question whether the word 'moral law' is appropriate is raised here, because we know that law is a command and moral is not a command, and that how to use the word 'moral' is different from how to the word 'law'. Which does 'moral law' mean, 'moral' or 'law'? In this paper, thus, on a legal view we will interpret the word 'moral' and the word 'law' that Hobbes uses in his books, and make out how Hobbes can regard the character of his natural laws as moral.
英米文化学会の論文
1996-03-30