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    Moral motivation in early 18th century moral rationalism.Daniel Eggers - 2019 - European Journal of Philosophy 27 (3):552-574.
    In the modern debate in metaethics and moral psychology, moral rationalism is often presented as a view that cannot account for the intimate relation between moral behaviour on one hand and feelings, emotions, or desires on the other. Although there is no lack of references to the classic rationalists of the 18th century in the relevant discussions, the works of these writers are rarely ever examined detail. Yet, as the debate in Kant scholarship between “intellectualists” and “affectivists” impressively shows, a (...)
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  2. Hobbes and game theory revisited: Zero-sum games in the state of nature.Daniel Eggers - 2011 - Southern Journal of Philosophy 49 (3):193-226.
    The aim of this paper is to critically review the game-theoretic discussion of Hobbes and to develop a game-theoretic interpretation that gives due attention both to Hobbes's distinction between “moderates” and “dominators” and to what actually initiates conflict in the state of nature, namely, the competition for vital goods. As can be shown, Hobbes's state of nature contains differently structured situations of choice, the game-theoretic representation of which requires the prisoner's dilemma and the assurance game and the so-called assurance dilemma. (...)
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  3. The motivation argument and motivational internalism.Daniel Eggers - 2015 - Philosophical Studies 172 (9):2445-2467.
    Much in contemporary metaethics revolves around the two positions known as ‘motivational internalism’ and the ‘Humean theory of motivation’. The importance of these positions is mostly due to their role in what is considered to be the most powerful argument for metaethical non-cognitivism: the so-called ‘motivation argument’. In my paper, I want to argue that widely accepted renditions of the MA, such as the rendition recently forwarded by Russ Shafer-Landau, are flawed in two senses. First, they fail to sufficiently distinguish (...)
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  4. Liberty and Contractual Obligation in Hobbes.Daniel Eggers - 2009 - Hobbes Studies 22 (1):70-103.
    The paper critically discusses the deontological interpretation of Hobbesian contractual obligation which has been advocated by commentators such as Brian Barry, D. D. Raphael and Bernd Ludwig. According to this interpretation, the obligation to comply with contracts and covenants is fundamentally different from the obligation to observe the laws of nature. While the latter is taken to be a prudential obligation that is logically dependent upon the individual aim of self-preservation, the former is viewed as an absolute or unconditional moral (...)
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    Hobbes, Kant, and the Universal ‘right to all things’, or Why We Have to Leave the State of Nature.Daniel Eggers - 2019 - Hobbes Studies 32 (1):46-70.
    This paper discusses the juridical interpretation of Hobbes’s state of nature argument, which has been defended by commentators such as Georg Geismann, Dieter Hüning or Peter Schröder. According to the juridical interpretation, the primary reason why the Hobbesian state of nature needs to be abandoned is not that everybody’s self-preservation is constantly threatened. It is that, due to the universal right to all things, the jural order of the state of nature includes some kind of logical contradiction. The purpose of (...)
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    Are emotions necessary and sufficient for moral judgement (and what would it tell us)?Daniel Eggers - 2022 - Philosophical Explorations 26 (2):214-233.
    The eighteenth century debate between moral rationalists and moral sentimentalists has seen a striking renaissance in the past decades, not least because of research into the nature of moral judgement conducted by empirical scientists such as social and developmental psychologists and neuroscientists. A claim that is often made in the current discussion is that the evidence made available by such empirical investigations refutes rationalist conceptions of moral judgement and vindicates the views of Hume or other moral sentimentalists. For example, Jesse (...)
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    Introduction by the Guest Editors.Dirk Brantl & Daniel Eggers - 2019 - Hobbes Studies 32 (1):3-4.
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    4. Die Herleitung des ‚state of war‘.Daniel Eggers - 2008 - In Eggers Daniel (ed.), Die Naturzustandstheorie des Thomas Hobbesthomas Hobbes’s Theory of the State of Nature. A Comparative Analysis of 'the Elements of Law', 'de Cive' and the English and Latin Versions of 'Leviathan': Eine Vergleichende Analyse von 'the Elements of Law', 'd. Walter de Gruyter.
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    7. Die Hobbes’sche Vertragstheorie.Daniel Eggers - 2008 - In Eggers Daniel (ed.), Die Naturzustandstheorie des Thomas Hobbesthomas Hobbes’s Theory of the State of Nature. A Comparative Analysis of 'the Elements of Law', 'de Cive' and the English and Latin Versions of 'Leviathan': Eine Vergleichende Analyse von 'the Elements of Law', 'd. Walter de Gruyter.
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    3. Das Konzept des menschlichen Naturzustandes.Daniel Eggers - 2008 - In Eggers Daniel (ed.), Die Naturzustandstheorie des Thomas Hobbesthomas Hobbes’s Theory of the State of Nature. A Comparative Analysis of 'the Elements of Law', 'de Cive' and the English and Latin Versions of 'Leviathan': Eine Vergleichende Analyse von 'the Elements of Law', 'd. Walter de Gruyter.
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    5. Das natürliche Recht auf Selbsterhaltung als ‚Recht aller auf alles‘.Daniel Eggers - 2008 - In Eggers Daniel (ed.), Die Naturzustandstheorie des Thomas Hobbesthomas Hobbes’s Theory of the State of Nature. A Comparative Analysis of 'the Elements of Law', 'de Cive' and the English and Latin Versions of 'Leviathan': Eine Vergleichende Analyse von 'the Elements of Law', 'd. Walter de Gruyter.
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    6. Die natürlichen Gesetze.Daniel Eggers - 2008 - In Eggers Daniel (ed.), Die Naturzustandstheorie des Thomas Hobbesthomas Hobbes’s Theory of the State of Nature. A Comparative Analysis of 'the Elements of Law', 'de Cive' and the English and Latin Versions of 'Leviathan': Eine Vergleichende Analyse von 'the Elements of Law', 'd. Walter de Gruyter.
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    8. Die Notwendigkeit des Ausgangs aus dem Naturzustand.Daniel Eggers - 2008 - In Eggers Daniel (ed.), Die Naturzustandstheorie des Thomas Hobbesthomas Hobbes’s Theory of the State of Nature. A Comparative Analysis of 'the Elements of Law', 'de Cive' and the English and Latin Versions of 'Leviathan': Eine Vergleichende Analyse von 'the Elements of Law', 'd. Walter de Gruyter.
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    (1 other version)Die Naturzustandstheorie des Thomas Hobbesthomas Hobbes’s Theory of the State of Nature. A Comparative Analysis of 'the Elements of Law', 'de Cive' and the English and Latin Versions of 'Leviathan': Eine Vergleichende Analyse von 'the Elements of Law', 'de Cive' Und den Englischen Und Lateinischen Fassungen des 'Leviathan'.Daniel Eggers - 2008 - Walter de Gruyter.
    Die Theorie des Thomas Hobbes hat in der Vergangenheit stark abweichende Deutungen erfahren und Anlass zu zahlreichen lang anhaltenden Debatten geliefert. Die Diskussion hat jedoch allgemein darunter gelitten, dass Hobbes' Schriften von der berwiegenden Anzahl der Interpreten wie ein in sich zusammenh ngender Textkorpus behandelt und die Unterschiede zwischen den verschiedenen Werken nicht hinreichend gew rdigt worden sind. In besonderem Ma e trifft das auf die Naturzustandstheorie zu, die im Zentrum der Hobbes'schen Argumentation steht und in gro em Ma f (...)
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  15. Does Status Matter? The Contradictions in Locke’s Account of the State of Nature.Daniel Eggers - 2013 - Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie 95 (1):87-105.
    : The aim of this paper is to analyse the status of Locke’s state of nature and to examine whether the distinction between different theoretical perspectives can help to resolve the apparent contradictions between Locke’s ‘peaceful’ and his ‘warlike’ description of the natural state, a claim that has been made by commentators such as R. Ashcraft, J. Dunn and H. Aarsleff. Though, it is argued, distinguishing different state of nature accounts in Locke is essential for an appropriate understanding of Locke’s (...)
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    2. Die verschiedenen Fassungen von Hobbes’ politischer Philosophie.Daniel Eggers - 2008 - In Eggers Daniel (ed.), Die Naturzustandstheorie des Thomas Hobbesthomas Hobbes’s Theory of the State of Nature. A Comparative Analysis of 'the Elements of Law', 'de Cive' and the English and Latin Versions of 'Leviathan': Eine Vergleichende Analyse von 'the Elements of Law', 'd. Walter de Gruyter.
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    1. Einleitung.Daniel Eggers - 2008 - In Eggers Daniel (ed.), Die Naturzustandstheorie des Thomas Hobbesthomas Hobbes’s Theory of the State of Nature. A Comparative Analysis of 'the Elements of Law', 'de Cive' and the English and Latin Versions of 'Leviathan': Eine Vergleichende Analyse von 'the Elements of Law', 'd. Walter de Gruyter.
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    Injury, injustice, iniquity: The evolution of Hobbes's theory of justice.Daniel Eggers - 2014 - Intellectual History Review 24 (2):167-184.
    The notion of the covenant is a characteristic element of Hobbes's political theory. It is developed within Hobbes's general theory of contractual agreements and awarded a central place in his theo...
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    Nothing New in Ecumenia? Hare, Hybrid Expressivism and de dicto Beliefs.Daniel Eggers - 2016 - Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 19 (4):831-847.
    One important trend in the debate over expressivism and cognitivism is the emergence of ‘hybrid’ or ‘ecumenical’ theories. According to such theories, moral sentences express both beliefs, as cognitivism has it, and desire-like states, as expressivism has it. One may wonder, though, whether the hybrid move is as novel as its advocates seem to take it to be—or whether it simply leads us back to the conceptions of early expressivists, such as Charles Stevenson or Richard Hare. Michael Ridge has recently (...)
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    9. Schlussbetrachtung.Daniel Eggers - 2008 - In Eggers Daniel (ed.), Die Naturzustandstheorie des Thomas Hobbesthomas Hobbes’s Theory of the State of Nature. A Comparative Analysis of 'the Elements of Law', 'de Cive' and the English and Latin Versions of 'Leviathan': Eine Vergleichende Analyse von 'the Elements of Law', 'd. Walter de Gruyter.
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    Thomas Hobbes.Daniel Eggers - 2011 - Hobbes Studies 24 (2):196-200.
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    The Language of Desire: Expressivism and the Psychology of Moral Judgement.Daniel Eggers - 2021 - Boston: De Gruyter.
    Expressivism has been dominating much of the metaethical debate of the past three decades. The aim of this book is to address a number of questions that have been neglected in the previous discussion.These primarily concern the psychological commitments and the methodological status of expressivism as well as important differences and similarities between the approaches of the 'classic' expressivists Ayer, Stevenson, Hare, Blackburn und Gibbard.
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    Warum Humes Motivationsargument dem Non-Kognitivismus nicht helfen kann.Daniel Eggers - 2024 - Zeitschrift für Philosophische Forschung 78 (3):361-384.
    In the modern metaethical debate, the term 'non-cognitivism' is often used to describe a claim in moral psychology: the claim that moral judgments are constituted by desire-like mental states rather than beliefs. An argument tradi- tionally employed in defences of non-cognitivism is the 'motivation argument' which can be traced back to David Hume. The motivation argument combines the idea that moral judgments are motivationally efficacious states of mind with the idea that beliefs are incapable of exerting motivational force. The aim (...)
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    Wissenschaftskommunikation und Verantwortung.Daniel Eggers - 2022 - In Wilfried Hinsch & Susanne Brandtstädter (eds.), Gefährliche Forschung?: Eine Debatte Über Gleichheit Und Differenz in der Wissenschaft. De Gruyter. pp. 123-136.
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    Öffentliche Vernunft?: Die Wissenschaft in der Demokratie.Wilfried Hinsch & Daniel Eggers (eds.) - 2019 - De Gruyter.
    Es gibt keine Gesellschaft, die nicht von der modernen Wissenschaft und ihren Folgen betroffen wäre. Es besteht auch keine ernsthafte Hoffnung, dass sich die weltweiten Herausforderungen wie Klima, Ungleichheit oder Migration ohne wissenschaftliche Forschung und Reflexion bewältigen ließen. Jede Gesellschaft und jede Regierung sind daher auf die Wissenschaft angewiesen. Für Demokratien stellt sich die Frage nach dem Verhältnis von Politik und Wissenschaft allerdings noch einmal in besonderer Weise, erscheint die Wissenschaft dort doch als etwas, das alle angeht und über das (...)
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  26. Omar Astorga is a Full Professor in the Philosophy Department at Universidad Central de Venezuela. He has been working on modern political philosophy and Latin American thought. He has published El mito de la legitimación en Venezuela (1995); El pensamiento político moderno: Hobbes, Locke y Kant (1999); La institución imaginaria del Leviathan (2000); Ensayos sobre filosofía. [REVIEW]Daniel Eggers - 2004 - Southern Journal of Philosophy 42 (4).
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