Sie befinden Sich nicht im Netzwerk der Universität Paderborn. Der Zugriff auf elektronische Ressourcen ist gegebenenfalls nur via VPN oder Shibboleth (DFN-AAI) möglich. mehr Informationen...
Dissenting in Thought, Conforming in Action?: Liberty of Conscience and Toleration in Hobbes
Ist Teil von
Archiv für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie, 2022-11, Vol.108 (4), p.500-517
Ort / Verlag
Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag
Erscheinungsjahr
2022
Link zum Volltext
Quelle
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
Beschreibungen/Notizen
In Hobbes scholarship, interpretations of his political philosophy as a liberal one have been substantiated with the argument that it contains a doctrine of toleration and defends the subjects’ liberty of conscience. I will argue that this argument is wrong. While Hobbes does accept a (limited) possibility of inner dissent, he rejects any right of citizens to openly declare their dissenting opinions and suggests means to influence these opinions and beliefs. While according to Hobbes the state should secure and use a monopoly of public and political education this paper argues, drawing on recent scholarship, that this does not account for an unlicensed call to indoctrinate. Yet it also does not account for a doctrine of toleration, even if a limited liberty of conscience is granted.