Protection — Evil
Luoma-Aho, Mika
Luoma-Aho, Mika
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AbstractThis article is premised on Heinrich Meier's dichotomy between political theology and political philosophy, the latter of which stakes its claims on “human wisdom.” I will examine one of the most famous political allegories claimed on this ground: that of the Hobbesian social contract. Then I will unpack this allegory into a set of five propositions that make up something I call the ontopolitical set. My argument is that in order to stand up as political philosophy, make rational sense, one must believe in the truth of all the five propositions of the ontopolitical set. If at least one of them is not a candidate for belief, then the whole set will collapse and the legitimacy of the modern Leviathan does not measure up to human wisdom, because it cannot be rationally justified. If this should be the case, we are left with political theology.
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2015-03-01
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TANDF-10.1179/1462317X14Z.000000000123
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1179/1462317X14Z.000000000123
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1179/1462317X14Z.000000000123
ISSN-PRINT-1462-317X
ISSN-ELECT-1743-1719
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1179/1462317X14Z.000000000123
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1179/1462317X14Z.000000000123
ISSN-PRINT-1462-317X
ISSN-ELECT-1743-1719
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10.1179/1462317X14Z.000000000123
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