Lectures on the history of political philosophy / John Rawls ; edited by Samuel Freeman.

Originally published: 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

-- Introduction : remarks on political philosophy -- Lectures on Hobbes. Hobbes's secular moralism and the role of his social contract ; Human nature and the state of nature ; Hobbes's account of practical reasoning ; The role and powers of the sovereign ; Appendix : Hobbes index -- Lectures on Locke. His doctrine of natural law ; His account of a legitimate regime ; Property and the class state -- Lectures on Hume. "Of the social contract" ; Utility, justice, and the judicious spectator -- Lectures on Rousseau. The social contract : its problem ; The social contract : assumptions and the general will (I) ; The general will (II) and the question of stability -- Lectures on Mill. His conception of utility ; His account of justice ; The principle of liberty ; His doctrine as a whole ; Appendix : remarks on Mill's social theory -- Lectures on Marx. His view of capitalism as a social system ; His conception of right and justice ; His ideal : a society of freely associated producers.