Richard E. Flathman

IntroductionUnder what conditions are obedience and disobediencerequired or justified? To what or to whom is obedienceor disobedience owed? What are the differences between au-thority and power and between legitimate and illegitimategovernment? What is the relationship between having an ob-ligation...

Series Editor's IntroductionRichard E. Flathman's Thomas Hobbes: Skepticism, Individuality and Chastened Politics is the second volume to appear in the Sage Series Modernity and Political Thought. Flathman's work follows the recent publication of the inaugural volume in the series, William...